Methods and Compositions for the Diagnosis, Prognosis and Treatment of Cancer

ABSTRACT

The invention is relates to splice variants of basal transcription factors and other transcriptional modulators, the use of expression analyses of the same as a diagnostic and prognostic tool, and the targeting of such splice variants for therapeutic purposes, particularly in relation to the treatment of cancer.

STATEMENT OF RELATEDNESS

This application claims the benefit of application Ser. No. 60/584,784, filed Jun. 30, 2004, which is expressly incorporated herein in its entirety by reference.

FIELD

The present disclosure relates to the expression of transcription modulator splice variants, more particularly to the expression of splice variants of basal transcription factors, and to the early diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment of cancer. The present disclosure further relates to the molecular characterization of cancer and the description of cancer subtypes, as well as the optimization of cancer treatment. The present disclosure further relates to cancer treatment methods and therapeutic agents.

BACKGROUND

The early and accurate detection of cancer, and the precise characterization of tumor cells are highly desirable for effective cancer treatment. However, many current diagnostic methods, such as those involving imaging and the analysis of biochemical markers, do not reliably provide for early and accurate diagnosis.

A number of studies examining the molecular characteristics of various cancers have been reported. Oligonucleotide and cDNA micro-arrays (Bhattacharjee et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 98(24):13790-13795 (2001), Garber et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 98(24):13784-13789 (2001), Virtanen et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 99(19):12357-12362 (2002)), as well as the serial analysis of gene expression (Nacht et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 98(26):15203-15208 (2001)) have been used to molecularly characterize different cancer types. In addition, the expression of particular markers has been associated with prognosis for particular cancers (Beer et al., Nature Medicine, 8(8):816-824 (2002), Volm et al., Clinical Cancer Res., 8:1843-1848 (2002), Wigle et al., Cancer Res., 62:3005-3008 (2002)). Tumor cells have also been shown to express splice variant mRNAs that are not present in normal cells of the same cell type. A genome-wide computational screen using human expressed sequence tags identified more than 25,000 alternatively spliced transcripts, of which 845 were significantly associated with cancer (Wang et al., Cancer Research 63:655-657 (2003)).

Differences between the gene expression profiles of cancer cells and normal cells, and the presence of cancer cell markers, stem in part from differences in patterns of transcriptional activity between cancer and normal cells. It is well known that a number of identified oncogenes encode transcription factors. In addition, it has been reported that some tumor cells aberrantly express transcriptional modulators that are normally expressed during development (Palm et al., Brain Res. Mol. Brain. Res. 72(1):30-39 (1999), Lee et al., J. Mol. Neurosci., 15(3):205-214 (2000), Lawinger et al., Nat. Med., 6(7):826-831 (2000), Coulson et al., Cancer Res., 60(7):1840-1844 (2000), Gure et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sc. USA., 97(8):4198-203. (2000)). WO 02/40716 in particular discloses the expression profiles of a number of transcription factors in a variety of cancers, and describes tumor subtypes that express subsets of transcription factors.

Studies examining the immunoreactivity of blood sera from cancer patients have also been reported. Serological analysis of expression cDNA libraries has been used to identify tumor antigens, among which developmentally regulated transcription factors have been found (Gure et al., 2000). Additionally, WO 02/40716 discloses the use of peptides derived from developmentally regulated transcription factors to generate an anti-transcription-factor autoantibody profile detailing the aberrant expression of the transcription factors in tumor cells. However, because these transcription factors are not tumor-specific and are potentially exposed to the immune system prior to the onset of cancer, the use of immunoreactivity against such transcription factors to diagnose cancer may be hindered by the occurrence of false positive results.

Improvements in diagnostic and prognostic methods have come from the use cancer-associated transcription modulator splice variants, and autoantibodies recognizing the same, as early markers of cancer. The expression profiles of a plurality of transcription modulator splice variants that are tumor-specific or tumor-enriched (“tumor-specific/enriched”) and their correlation with numerous cancer types and subtypes has been described (PCT/US03/41253, expressly incorporated herein in its entirety by reference). Further, the utility of expression profiles of such transcription modulator splice variants as a very highly accurate diagnostic indicator for the early detection of cancer has been established. Additionally, the utility of expression profiles of an appropriate set of such transcription modulator splice variants as a very highly accurate diagnostic indicator for a variety of cancer types has been established.

Devices for identifying differentially spliced gene products have also been described previously (U.S. Pat. No. 6,881,571; U.S. Pub. 2004/0191828). Additionally, methods for remotely detecting cancer using nucleic acids prepared from blood cells and involving the hybridization thereof to splicing forms of nucleic acids associated with cancer have been described (U.S. Pat. No. 6,372,432). However, these devices and methods have not been directed to the detection of transcription modulators and splice variants thereof in cancer cells in particular. As such, they may not be capable of detecting the earliest molecular alterations associated with cell transformation, and may not provide the mechanistic insight highly desired for the design of cancer therapeutics.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The number and nature of biomarkers that are used in a diagnostic or prognostic assay controls the accuracy of the diagnostic or prognostic determination. While the expression of transcription factors in a variety of cancer types has been previously reported, and the use of such expression profiles as a diagnostic tool has been disclosed in WO 02/40716, the present methods are distinguished in one respect by their reliance on the expression profiles of tumor-enriched or tumor-specific splice variants of transcription modulators, which are more specific to cancer and, in many tumor types, more highly expressed than their wildtype counterparts. The present disclosure thus provides diagnostics that are both more sensitive and more accurate than those disclosed in WO 02/40716.

The use of expression profiles of transcription modulator splice variants in diagnostic and prognostic methods has been previously disclosed by the present inventors (PCT/US03/41253). However, the present invention stems in large part from the surprising recent finding that a large number of splice variants of basal transcription factors are present in significant amounts in a wide variety of cancers. Previous studies did not reveal the predominance of this particular class of transcription modulator splice variants in cancer cells. This, combined with the low expression level of basal transcription factors relative to other transcription modulators suggested that basal transcription factor splice variants might not be a preferred class for use in diagnostic and prognostic assays. However, the ubiquitous expression of basal transcription factors and their intimate association with the regulation of gene transcription by RNA Polymerase II, combined with the present identification of large numbers of aberrant basal transcription factor splice variants associated with a wide variety of cancer types now makes the basal transcription factor class of splice variants a highly preferred class for use in diagnostic and prognostic assays.

In addition to establishing the significance of basal transcription factor splice variants, the present invention discloses a large number of splice variants in addition to those disclosed in PCT/US03/41253, the expression characteristics of which may be used to improve the accuracy of diagnostic and prognostic methods, as well as increase the resolution of cancer subtypes at the molecular level. Further, the presently disclosed transcription modulator splice variants represent novel targets for therapeutic agents, as described herein.

Accordingly, disclosed herein are methods and compositions for diagnosing cancer. Further disclosed herein are methods and compositions for diagnosing cancer subtypes. Further disclosed herein are methods and compositions for determining the prognosis of a patient having cancer. Further disclosed herein are methods and compositions for the treatment of cancer. The diagnostic methods provided herein generally comprise determining the expression of a plurality of tumor-specific/enriched splice variants of transcription modulators, more particularly a plurality of tumor-specific/enriched splice variants of basal transcription factors. Typically, the expression of at least two, more preferably at least 5, still more preferably at least 10, and often at least 15, 25 or 50 splice variants of basal transcription factors is determined, though generally the expression of not more than about 5000, more preferably less than about 1000 or 500, and still more preferably less than about 250 or 100 such splice variants is determined in the subject methods. In one embodiment, the methods further comprise determining the expression of one or more splice variants of non-basal transcription factors to increase the accuracy of the method and/or the resolution of cancer subtypes. Preferably, the expression of at least one, more preferably at least two, more preferably at least 10, and often more than 15, 50, or 100 splice variants of non-basal transcription factors will be determined. Typically, the expression of less than 5000, and more often less than 1000, and most often less than 500 of such splice variants of non-basal transcription factors will be determined.

In a preferred embodiment, the expression of at least one splice variant of each of a plurality of basal transcription factors is determined. In a preferred embodiment, the expression of at least one splice variant of between at least two and about 1000, more preferably between at least two and about 500, more preferably between at least two and about 250, more preferably between at least two and about 150, more preferably between at least two and about 100, more preferably between at least two and about 75, more preferably between at least two and about 50, more preferably between at least two and about 25, more preferably between at least two and about 10 basal transcription factors is determined, wherein expression of each of the basal transcription factor splice variants is indicative of cancer.

In another preferred embodiment, the expression of a plurality of splice variants of a basal transcription factor is determined. In a preferred embodiment, the expression of between at least two and about 10 or 20, more preferably between at least two and about 5 splice variants of a basal transcription factor is determined, wherein expression of each of the basal transcription factor splice variants is indicative of cancer.

In a preferred embodiment, one or more of the basal transcription factor splice variants is derived from a gene selected from group of gene families consisting of TAF, SMARC, HDAC, MED12, NCOA, GTF, THRAP, HMG, OGDL, BRF, and BAF.

In a further preferred embodiment, one or more of the basal transcription factor splice variants is derived from a gene selected from the group of gene families consisting of TAF2, TAF4, TAF6L, TAF7L, TAF8, TAF10, TAF15, SMARCA1, SMARCA2, SMARCA4, SMARCA5 SMARCB1, SMARCC2, SMARCD3, NCOA2, NCOA3, NCOA4, NCOA6, NCOA7, BRF1, GTF3C, GTF2F, MED12, THRAP4, THRAP3, HMG20, OGHDL, HDAC5, AND BAF250.

In a preferred embodiment, the methods further comprise determining the expression of at least one splice variant of each of a plurality of transcription modulators which are not basal transcription factors. In a preferred embodiment, the expression of at least one splice variant of between at least two and about 1000, more preferably between at least two and about 500, more preferably between at least two and about 250, more preferably between at least two and about 150, more preferably between at least two and about 100, more preferably between at least two and about 75, more preferably between at least two and about 50, more preferably between at least two and about 25, more preferably between at least two and about 10 such transcription modulators is determined, wherein expression of each such splice variant is indicative of cancer.

In another preferred embodiment, the methods further comprise determining the expression of a plurality of splice variants of a transcription modulator which is not a basal transcription factor. In a preferred embodiment, the expression of between at least two and about 10 or 20, more preferably between at least two and about 5 such splice variants is determined, wherein expression of each of the splice variants is indicative of cancer.

In another preferred embodiment, the methods further comprise determining the expression of one or more splice variants which are not transcription factors. In another preferred embodiment, the methods further comprise determining the expression of one or more such splice variants. It will be appreciated that splice variants of transcription factors, and of basal transcription factors in particular, are preferred therapeutic targets, and knowledge of their expression in disease cells is, accordingly, highly desired. However, splice variants of non-transcription factors and non-transcription modulators are also present in cancer cells and are diagnostically useful in combination with transcription factor splice variants for increased diagnostic accuracy and for the identification of molecular subtypes of cancer, which reflect the varied regulatory mechanisms between cancer cells.

The expression of a plurality of basal transcription factor splice variants and splice variants of other factors may be determined simultaneously or sequentially.

Though the splice variants provided herein are indicative of cancer, each splice variant is not necessarily expressed in all cancers, all tumor cell types, or all patients having a particular type of cancer (e.g., prostate cancer; small cell lung cancer). Further, in some embodiments, the set of transcription modulator splice variants for which expression is determined in a diagnostic assay will include one or more that are determined not to be expressed (i.e., in addition to the plurality that are determined to be expressed). As disclosed herein, it is the overall expression pattern, i.e., the combined determinations of the expression of a plurality of splice variants, not individual splice variants, that provides for the highly accurate diagnosis of cancer. Thus, negative expression results are obtained for individual splice variants in some diagnostic and prognostic assays disclosed herein, yet the assay results are indicative of cancer or a particular prognosis.

It will be apparent to one of skill in the art that the information gleaned from the determination of the expression of a plurality of basal transcription factor splice variants, and optionally one or more additional splice variants is, as exemplified herein, not simply additive. Rather, the combinatorial analysis of tumor-enriched/specific splice variant expression disclosed herein reveals molecular subtypes of cancer, in which the expression of a number of such splice variants is linked. Thus, the splice variants presently disclosed in addition to those disclosed in PCT/US03/41253 provide for more accurate diagnostic determinations than those disclosed in PCT/US03/41253, as well as for the enhanced resolution and identification of novel molecular subtypes of cancer.

The present methods and compositions thus satisfy the need for highly accurate diagnostic and prognostic assays, and provide for the precise characterization of tumor cells and the identification of cancer subtypes. Importantly, the present methods and compositions provide by way of the analysis of transcription factor splice variants, particularly basal transcription modulator splice variants, the mechanistic insight highly desired for the design of cancer therapeutics.

In a preferred embodiment disclosed herein are methods for diagnosing cancer subtypes. The methods generally comprise determining the expression of a plurality of tumor-specific/enriched splice variants of basal transcription factors. In a preferred embodiment, the methods comprise determining the expression of at least one splice variant of a plurality of basal transcription factors, wherein the presence or absence of expression of each splice variant is indicative of a cancer subtype. In another preferred embodiment, the methods comprise determining the expression of a plurality of splice variants of a basal transcription factor, wherein the presence or absence of expression of each splice variant is indicative of a cancer subtype. In a preferred embodiment, the cancer subtype is characterized by its metastatic potential. In another embodiment, the cancer subtype is characterized by its refractory behavior, particularly its non-responsiveness to a therapeutic agent. In another preferred embodiment, the cancer subtype is characterized by its invasive activity.

In a preferred embodiment, one or more of the basal transcription factor splice variants is derived from a gene selected from group of gene families consisting of TAF, SMARC, HDAC, MED12, NCOA, GTF, THRAP, HMG, OGDL, BRF, and BAF.

In a further preferred embodiment, one or more of the basal transcription factor splice variants is derived from a gene selected from the group of gene families consisting of TAF2, TAF4, TAF6L, TAF7L, TAF8, TAF10, TAF15, SMARCA1, SMARCA2, SMARCA4, SMARCA5 SMARCB1, SMARCC2, SMARCD3, NCOA2, NCOA3, NCOA4, NCOA6, NCOA7, BRF1, GTF3C, GTF2F, MED12, THRAP4, THRAP3, HMG20, OGHDL, HDAC5, AND BAF250.

In some embodiments, the methods further comprise determining the expression of a plurality of tumor-specific/enriched splice variants of non-basal transcription factors. In a preferred embodiment, the methods comprise determining the expression of at least one splice variant of a plurality of non-basal transcription factors, wherein the presence or absence of expression of each splice variant is indicative of a cancer subtype. In another preferred embodiment, the methods comprise determining the expression of a plurality of splice variants of a non-basal transcription factor, wherein the presence or absence of expression of each splice variant is indicative of a cancer subtype. In a preferred embodiment, the cancer subtype is characterized by its metastatic potential.

In another embodiment, the cancer subtype is characterized by its refractory behavior, particularly its non-responsiveness to a therapeutic agent. In another preferred embodiment, the cancer subtype is characterized by its invasive activity.

In a preferred embodiment, the methods further comprise determining the expression of additional splice variants which are useful for diagnosing cancer and cancer subtypes. Preferred splice variants for use in the present methods include those disclosed herein. In one embodiment, the expression of markers such as integrins, receptors for extracellular signals including receptor tyrosine kinases, non-receptor tyrosine kinases, matrix metalloproteinases, and other molecules known to have a role in signal transduction, cell proliferation, cell motility, cell adhesion, or cell survival are also determined.

In another preferred embodiment disclosed herein are methods for determining cancer prognosis, which comprise diagnosing a cancer subtype as disclosed herein. In a preferred embodiment, the methods further comprise determining the expression of additional prognostic indicators known in the art.

Determining splice variant expression may involve determining mRNA or protein expression, which may be done using any of the large number of methods known in the art. Alternatively, determining splice variant expression may involve determining the presence of autoantibodies that recognize the splice variant.

A preferred method for determining expression involves the use of RT-PCR to determine the expression of splice variant mRNAs. The primers used to detect splice variant mRNAs preferably hybridize to sequences flanking junction sites of deletionsor to sequences flanking or in inserted sequences. Preferred primers for determining the expression of splice variant mRNAs include those disclosed herein. Additionally preferred primers are disclosed in PCT/US03/41253. Additionally, it will be appreciated that primers may be designed based on the sequence of splice variant mRNAs using routine methods.

Another preferred method for determining expression involves the use oligonucleotide probes to determine the expression of splice variant mRNAs. In a particularly preferred embodiment, the oligonucleotide probes are on an array. Another preferred method for determining expression involves the use of peptides that are capable of detecting auto-antibodies that specifically bind to transcription modulator splice variants. The peptides preferably do not specifically bind to autoantibodies that specifically bind to wildtype isoforms of the transcription modulators. In a particularly preferred embodiment, the peptides are on an array.

Importantly, the methods provided herein provide for distinguishing the expression of splice variants of from the expression of “wildtype” counterpart isoforms. As disclosed herein, many tumor-specific/enriched splice variants of transcription modulators have wildtype counterparts that are expressed in non-tumor cells. Consequently, distinguishing splice variant from wildtype isoform expression contributes significantly to the accuracy of the diagnostic methods disclosed herein.

Preferred splice variants are those associated with cancer, particularly cancer selected from the group consisting of lung cancer (e.g., small cell lung cancer, non-small cell lung cancer), gastrointestinal cancer (e.g., colorectal cancer, stomach cancer, liver cancer, pancreatic cancer, and cancers of other regions of gastrointestinal tract), breast cancer, prostate cancer, skin cancer (e.g., basal cell carcinoma, melanoma), sarcoma, endocrine cancer (e.g., carcinoids, insulinoma, cancer of thyroid gland), neural cancers (e.g., neuroblastoma, glioblastoma, medulloblastoma, retinoblastoma), bladder cancer, cervical cancer, renal cancer, hematopoietic cancers (e.g., lymphoma, leukemia). Also preferred are splice variants for which the presence or absence of expression is indicative of a cancer subtype, particularly a subtype within a cancer selected from the group consisting of lung cancer (e.g., small cell lung cancer, non-small cell lung cancer), gastrointestinal cancer (e.g., colorectal cancer, stomach cancer, liver cancer, pancreatic cancer, and cancers of other regions of gastrointestinal tract), breast cancer, prostate cancer, skin cancer (e.g., basal cell carcinoma, melanoma), sarcoma, endocrine cancer (e.g., carcinoids, insulinoma, cancer of thyroid gland), neural cancers (e.g., neuroblastoma, glioblastoma, medulloblastoma, retinoblastoma), bladder cancer, cervical cancer, renal cancer, hematopoietic cancers (e.g., lymphoma, leukemia).

Preferred splice variants for use in the presently disclosed methods are basal transcription factor splice variants that are tumor-specific/enriched.

In a preferred embodiment, one or more of the basal transcription factor splice variants is derived from a gene selected from group of gene families consisting of TAF, SMARC, HDAC, MED12, NCOA, GTF, THRAP, HMG, OGDL, BRF, and BAF.

In a further preferred embodiment, one or more of the basal transcription factor splice variants is derived from a gene selected from the group of gene families consisting of TAF2, TAF4, TAF6L, TAF7L, TAF8, TAF10, TAF15, SMARCA1, SMARCA2, SMARCA4, SMARCA5 SMARCB1, SMARCC2, SMARCD3, NCOA2, NCOA3, NCOA4, NCOA6, NCOA7, BRF1, GTF3C, GTF2F, MED12, THRAP4, THRAP3, HMG20, OGHDL, HDAC5, AND BAF250.

Also preferred in the present invention are combinations of basal transcription factor splice variants provided herein with non-basal transcription factors similarly described herein. Also preferred are combinations including splice variants of NRSF, MDM2, TSG, RREB, ZNF207, TTF-1, GTFIIIA, HES-6, HRY, Msx2, Neu, NeuroD1, Mash-1, and Irx2 which are tumor-specific/enriched, as disclosed in PCT/US03/41253.

Preferred peptides for use in the detection of autoantibodies that recognize tumor-specific/enriched splice variants are those that bind basal transcription factor splice variants and do not specifically bind to autoantibodies that specifically bind to wildtype isoforms of the basal transcription factors.

Preferred peptides include peptides corresponding to amino acid sequences present in transcription modulator splice variants which are not present in wildtype counterparts thereof.

Preferably, where the splice variant disclosed includes a novel amino acid sequence (with respect to its wildtype counterpart), an autoantibody-recognizing peptide corresponds to a region of the splice variant including the novel amino acid sequence, or a portion thereof.

Preferably, where the splice variant includes an in-frame deletion of amino acids present in its wildtype counterpart, an autoantibody-recognizing peptide corresponds to a region of the splice variant including the junction site at which the deletion occurred.

Also preferred are combinations of the peptides described above with those disclosed in PCT/US03/41253.

In another preferred embodiment disclosed herein are peptide arrays, which arrays comprise a plurality of peptides derived from tumor-specific/enriched transcription modulator splice variants, wherein the peptides specifically bind to autoantibodies which are characterized by their ability to specifically bind to transcription modulator splice variants that are tumor-specific/enriched. Moreover, the peptides are splice-variant specific in that they do not bind to autoantibodies that specifically bind to wildtype isoforms of the transcription modulators. Moreover, a plurality of the peptides on such arrays are specific for basal transcription factor splice variants. In a preferred embodiment, one or more of the basal transcription factor splice variants is derived from a gene selected from group of gene families consisting of TAF, SMARC, HDAC, MED12, NCOA, GTF, THRAP, HMG, OGDL, BRF, and BAF. In a further preferred embodiment, one or more of the basal transcription factor splice variants is derived from a gene selected from the group of gene families consisting of TAF2, TAF4, TAF6L, TAF7L, TAF8, TAF10, TAF15, SMARCA1, SMARCA2, SMARCA4, SMARCA5 SMARCB1, SMARCC2, SMARCD3, NCOA2, NCOA3, NCOA4, NCOA6, NCOA7, BRF1, GTF3C, GTF2F, MED12, THRAP4, THRAP3, HMG20, OGHDL, HDAC5, AND BAF250. Such arrays find use in cancer diagnosis, and may particularly be used to determine the expression of a plurality of transcription modulator splice variants simultaneously. In a preferred embodiment, such peptide arrays comprise peptides that specifically bind to autoantibodies that specifically bind to splice variants selected from those described herein. In a preferred embodiment, such peptide arrays additionally comprise peptides disclosed in PCT/US03/41253.

In another preferred embodiment disclosed herein are peptide arrays, which arrays consist essentially of a plurality of peptides derived from tumor-specific/enriched transcription modulator splice variants, wherein the peptides specifically bind to autoantibodies which are characterized by their ability to specifically bind to transcription modulator splice variants that are tumor-specific/enriched. Moreover, the peptides are splice-variant specific in that they do not bind to autoantibodies that specifically bind to wildtype isoforms of the transcription modulators. Moreover, a plurality of the peptides on such arrays are specific for autoantibodies that specifically bind basal transcription factor splice variants. In one embodiment, such arrays consist essentially of peptides specific for autoantibodies that specifically bind basal transcription factor splice variants. In a preferred embodiment, one or more of the basal transcription factor splice variants is derived from a gene selected from group of gene families consisting of TAF, SMARC, HDAC, MED12, NCOA, GTF, THRAP, HMG, OGDL, BRF, and BAF. In a further preferred embodiment, one or more of the basal transcription factor splice variants is derived from a gene selected from the group of gene families consisting of TAF2, TAF4, TAF6L, TAF7L, TAF8, TAF10, TAF15, SMARCA1, SMARCA2, SMARCA4, SMARCA5 SMARCB1, SMARCC2, SMARCD3, NCOA2, NCOA3, NCOA4, NCOA6, NCOA7, BRF1, GTF3C, GTF2F, MED12, THRAP4, THRAP3, HMG20, OGHDL, HDAC5, AND BAF250. Such arrays find use in cancer diagnosis, and may particularly be used to determine the expression of a plurality of transcription modulator splice variants simultaneously. In a preferred embodiment, such peptide arrays consist essentially of peptides that specifically bind to autoantibodies that specifically bind to transcription modulator splice variants selected from those described herein. In another preferred embodiment, such peptide arrays consist essentially of peptides that specifically bind to autoantibodies that specifically bind to transcription modulator splice variants selected from those described herein and peptides disclosed in PCT/US03/41253.

Also disclosed herein in a preferred embodiment are oligonucleotide arrays, which arrays comprise a plurality of oligonucleotides derived from the nucleotide sequences of mRNAs encoding tumor-specific/enriched transcription modulator splice variants, and which hybridize under high stringency conditions to such mRNAs or their complements. Moreover, a plurality of the oligonucleotides of such arrays are specific for basal transcription factor splice variants. In a preferred embodiment, one or more of the basal transcription factor splice variants is derived from a gene selected from group of gene families consisting of TAF, SMARC, HDAC, MED12, NCOA, GTF, THRAP, HMG, OGDL, BRF, and BAF. In a further preferred embodiment, one or more of the basal transcription factor splice variants is derived from a gene selected from the group of gene families consisting of TAF2, TAF4, TAF6L, TAF7L, TAF8, TAF10, TAF15, SMARCA1, SMARCA2, SMARCA4, SMARCA5 SMARCB1, SMARCC2, SMARCD3, NCOA2, NCOA3, NCOA4, NCOA6, NCOA7, BRF1, GTF3C, GTF2F, MED12, THRAP4, THRAP3, HMG20, OGHDL, HDAC5, AND BAF250. Such arrays find use in cancer diagnosis, and may particularly be used to determine the expression of a plurality of transcription modulator splice variants simultaneously. In a preferred embodiment, such arrays comprise oligonucleotides that are substantially complementary to mRNAs selected from those described herein. In another preferred embodiment, such arrays comprise oligonucleotides that are substantially complementary to mRNAs selected from those described herein and splice variants of NRSF, MDM2, TSG, RREB, ZNF207, TTF-1, GTFIIIA, HES-6, HRY, Msx2, Neu, NeuroD1, Mash-1, and Irx2 which are tumor-specific/enriched, as disclosed in PCT/US03/41253.

Also disclosed herein in a preferred embodiment are oligonucleotide arrays, which arrays consist essentially of a plurality of oligonucleotides derived from the nucleotide sequences of mRNAs encoding tumor-specific/enriched transcription modulator splice variants, and which hybridize under high stringency conditions to such mRNAs or their complements. Moreover, a plurality of the oligonucleotides of such arrays are specific for basal transcription factor splice variants. In one embodiment, an array consists essentially of a plurality of oligonucleotides specific for basal transcription factor splice variants. In a preferred embodiment, one or more of the basal transcription factor splice variants is derived from a gene selected from group of gene families consisting of TAF, SMARC, HDAC, MED12, NCOA, GTF, THRAP, HMG, OGDL, BRF, and BAF. In a further preferred embodiment, one or more of the basal transcription factor splice variants is derived from a gene selected from the group of gene families consisting of TAF2, TAF4, TAF6L, TAF7L, TAF8, TAF10, TAF15, SMARCA1, SMARCA2, SMARCA4, SMARCA5 SMARCB1, SMARCC2, SMARCD3, NCOA2, NCOA3, NCOA4, NCOA6, NCOA7, BRF1, GTF3C, GTF2F, MED12, THRAP4, THRAP3, HMG20, OGHDL, HDAC5, AND BAF250. Such arrays find use in cancer diagnosis, and may particularly be used to determine the expression of a plurality of transcription modulator splice variants simultaneously. In a preferred embodiment, such arrays consist essentially of oligonucleotides that are substantially complementary to mRNAs selected from those described herein. In another preferred embodiment, such arrays consist essentially of oligonucleotides that are substantially complementary to mRNAs selected from those described herein and splice variants of NRSF, MDM2, TSG, RREB, ZNF207, TTF-1, GTFIIIA, HES-6, HRY, Msx2, Neu, NeuroD1, Mash-1, and Irx2 which are tumor-specific/enriched, as disclosed in PCT/US03/41253.

In one aspect, the invention provides compositions and methods useful for making amplification products that may be used to probe an oligonucleotide array described herein.

Also disclosed herein are methods for the treatment of cancer, and therapeutics useful in the treatment of cancer.

The treatment methods generally comprise determining the expression of a plurality of tumor-specific/enriched transcription modulator splice variants, wherein the expression of each of the transcription modulator splice variants is indicative of cancer and wherein a plurality of the splice variants are basal transcription factor splice variants, and further comprise administering to the patient a bioactive agent capable of inhibiting the activity of one or more of such splice variants determined to be expressed. In a preferred embodiment, the bioactive agent is targeted to a basal transcription factor splice variant. In a preferred embodiment, the methods comprise determining the expression of at least one splice variant of each of a plurality of transcription modulators. In another preferred embodiment, the methods comprise determining the expression of a plurality of splice variants of a transcription modulator. As in the methods described above, expression of tumor-specific/enriched splice variants is distinguished from the expression of corresponding wildtype isoforms of transcription modulators.

In a preferred embodiment, the treatment methods comprise determining the expression of at least one splice variant of between at least two and about 1000, more preferably between at least two and about 500, more preferably between at least two and about 250, more preferably between at least two and about 150, more preferably between at least two and about 100, more preferably between at least two and about 75, more preferably between at least two and about 50, more preferably between at least two and about 25, more preferably between at least two and about 10 transcription modulators, wherein expression of a plurality of basal transcription factor splice variants is determined, and wherein expression of each of the transcription modulator splice variants is indicative of cancer.

In another preferred embodiment, the expression of a plurality of splice variants of a transcription modulator is determined. In a preferred embodiment, the expression of between at least two and about 10, more preferably between at least two and about 5 splice variants of a transcription modulator is determined, wherein the expression of a plurality of basal transcription factor splice variants is determined, and wherein expression of each of the transcription modulator splice variants is indicative of cancer.

In another preferred embodiment, the treatment methods further comprise diagnosing a cancer subtype, which generally comprises determining the expression of a plurality of transcription modulator splice variants, wherein the expression of a plurality of basal transcription factor splice variants is determined, and wherein the presence or absence of expression of each splice variant is indicative of a cancer subtype. In a preferred embodiment, the methods comprise determining the expression of at least one splice variant of a plurality of transcription modulators, wherein the presence or absence of expression of each splice variant is indicative of a cancer subtype, and further comprise administering to the patient a bioactive agent capable of inhibiting the activity of one or more such splice variants determined to be expressed. In another preferred embodiment, the methods comprise determining the expression of a plurality of splice variants of a transcription modulator, wherein the presence or absence of expression of each splice variant is indicative of a cancer subtype, and further comprise administering to the patient a bioactive agent capable of inhibiting the activity of one or more such splice variants determined to be expressed. In a preferred embodiment, the therapeutic agent is targeted to a basal transcription factor splice variant. In a preferred embodiment, the cancer subtype is characterized by metastatic potential. In another embodiment, the cancer subtype is characterized by its refractory behavior, particularly its non-respsonsiveness to a therapeutic agent. In another preferred embodiment, the cancer subtype is characterized by its invasive activity. In one embodiment, the methods further comprise determining the expression of other splice variants. In one embodiment, the methods further comprise determining the expression of additional markers which are useful markers of tumor cell subtypes. Examples of such markers include integrins, receptors for extracellular signals including receptor tyrosine kinases, non-receptor tyrosine kinases, matrix metalloproteinases, and other molecules known to have a role in signal transduction, cell proliferation, cell motility, cell adhesion, or cell survival.

In the treatment methods herein, the transcription modulator splice variants for which expression is determined include a plurality of basal transcription factor splice variants, which are preferably selected from those described herein. In a preferred embodiment, one or more of the basal transcription factor splice variants is derived from a gene selected from group of gene families consisting of TAF, SMARC, HDAC, MED12, NCOA, GTF, THRAP, HMG, OGDL, BRF, and BAF. In a further preferred embodiment, one or more of the basal transcription factor splice variants is derived from a gene selected from the group of gene families consisting of TAF2, TAF4, TAF6L, TAF7L, TAF8, TAF10, TAF15, SMARCA1, SMARCA2, SMARCA4, SMARCA5 SMARCB1, SMARCC2, SMARCD3, NCOA, NCOA3, NCOA4, NCOA6, NCOA7, BRF1, GTF3C, GTF2F, MED12, THRAP4, THRAP3, HMG20, OGHDL, HDAC5, AND BAF250. Especially preferred are combinations of transcription modulator splice variants described herein and splice variants of NRSF, MDM2, TSG, RREB, ZNF207, TTF-1, GTFIIIA, HES-6, HRY, Msx2, Neu, NeuroD1, Mash-1, and Irx2 which are tumor-specific/enriched, as disclosed in PCT/US03/41253.

In one aspect, the invention provides therapeutics targeted to transcription modulator splice variants associated with cancer. Preferred therapeutic targets are transcription factor splice variants, with basal transcription modulator splice variants being especially preferred. In a preferred embodiment, molecular therapeutics capable of reducing the expression of such splice variants in cancer cells are provided. Preferred molecular therapeutics include agents targeted to mRNA encoding such splice variants, such as, for example, siRNA and antisense molecules targeted to such splice variant mRNAs.

Also provided herein are novel splice variant proteins, and nucleic acids encoding the same, as well as fragments thereof, and fusion molecules comprising the novel splice variants or fragment thereof. Also provide herein are antibodies that specifically bind to the novel splice variant proteins provided herein. Also provided are peptides corresponding to novel sequences provided by the novel splice variants herein which are capable of binding to autoantibodies that specifically bind to the novel splice variant proteins provided herein.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIGS. 1-11 show the sequences of splice variants of a variety of basal transcription factors.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

The present disclosure provides methods for diagnosing cancer and cancer subtypes which generally comprise determining the expression of a plurality of tumor-specific/enriched splice variants of transcription modulators. As disclosed herein, it is the combined determination of expression of the plurality, or the overall expression pattern, that provides for the very high accuracy of the diagnostic test, and leads to the molecular identification of cancer subtypes.

“Determining the expression” of a splice variant may be done by assaying for the expression of the splice variant in some way, for example, by assaying for the presence of its encoding mRNA, or the presence of translated protein product. Alternatively, expression may be determined indirectly by assaying for indicia of the expression of a splice variant. For example, an assay for an autoantibody that specifically binds to a splice variant but not to a wildtype transcription modulator may be performed, and the results used to infer whether or not the transcription modulator splice variant is expressed.

By “wildtype transcription modulator”, and “wildtype counterpart” of a transcription modulator splice variant, is meant an isoform of a transcription modulator that is expressed in non-tumor cells, though not necessarily exclusively, and is alternatively spliced relative to a tumor-specific or tumor-enriched splice variant isoform of the transcription modulator. The wildtype isoform is often developmentally regulated. More than one isoform may satisfy these criteria for wildtype.

By “basal transcription factor”, or “general transcription factor” is meant a member of the set of transcription factors that are necessary to reconstitute accurate transcription from a minimal promoter (such as a TATA element or initiator sequence). Basal transcription factors include those transcription factors that facilitate assembly of the preinitiation complex, as well as cofactors that associate with the basal transcriptional machinery and integrate signals from regulatory transcription factors. Included among basal transcription factors are proteins that alter chromatin structure to facilitate assembly of the preinitiation complex. Though they regulate gene expression in a general sense, they are distinct from “regulatory transcription factors”, which bind to sequences farther away from the initiation site and serve to modulate levels of transcription.

By the term “substantially complementary” herein is meant a situation where a probe sequence is sufficiently complementary to the corresponding region of its target sequence and/or another probe to hybridize under the selected reaction conditions. This complementarity need not be perfect; there may be any number of base-pair mismatches that will interfere with hybridization between a probe sequence (e.g., detection region) and its corresponding target sequence or another probe. However, if the degree of non-complementarity is so great that hybridization between a probe and its target cannot occur under even the least stringent of conditions, the probe sequence is considered to be not complementary to the target sequence.

Splice Variants

The prominent product of gene transcription is termed the primary transcript and is a precursor to mRNA. Many primary transcripts contain intervening nucleotide sequences that are not functional in the final mRNA. These intervening, non-functional sequences are called introns, while the sequences of the primary transcript that are preserved in the mature mRNA are called exons. Accordingly, introns are regions of the initial transcript that must be excised during post-transcriptional RNA processing, and exons are regions that are joined together after intron excision. This excision and joining process is called RNA splicing. The actual splicing is performed by a spliceosome, which is a large particulate complex consisting of various proteins and ribonucleoproteins such as snRNAs and snRNPs.

The spliceosome is responsible for cutting the primary transcript at the two exon-intron boundaries called the splice sites. The nucleotide bases of the splice sites on a primary transcript are always the same. The first two nucleotide bases following an exon are always GU, and the last two bases of the intron are always AG. It is important to note that the two sites have different sequences and so they define the ends of the intron directionally. They are named proceeding from left to right along the intron, that is as the 5′ (or donor) and the 3′ (or acceptor) sites.

The majority of normal genes are transcribed into a primary transcript that gives rise to a single type of spliced mRNA. In these cases, there is no variation in the splicing of the primary transcript; the same introns for each of the transcripts are spliced out. However, sometimes the primary transcripts of certain genes follow patterns of alternative splicing, where a single gene gives rise to more than one mRNA sequence.

In an embodiment of the invention, “splice variants” relate to the different mRNA sequences that are derived from the same gene as processed by a spliceosome. Accordingly, “splice variants” encompass any situation in which the single primary transcript is spliced in more than one way, and therefore includes splicing patterns where internal exons are substituted, added, or deleted. “Splice variants” also encompass situations where introns are substituted, added or deleted.

It has been discovered that mRNA splicing is changed in a tumor cell compared to a normal cell. Accordingly, the expression of splice variants in a tumor cell is in some way different from that of a normal cell. Changes in the splicing of tumor cells can be brought about by more than one way. For example, tumors can express products that are necessary for splicing (splicing factors, snRNAs and snRNPs) differently than normal cells. Changes in splicing patterns can also be related to mutations in the donor and acceptor sequences of certain genes in a tumor cell, thereby resulting in different splicing start and termination points.

The physiological activity of splice variant products (proteins) and the original product from which they are derived may differ. For example the splice variant could function in an opposite manner or not function at all. In addition, splice variations may result in changes of various properties not directly connected to biological activity of the protein. For example, a splice variant may have altered stability characteristics (half-life), clearance rate, tissue and cellular localization, temporal pattern of expression, up or down regulation mechanisms, and responses to agonists or antagonists.

Transcription Modulators

The term “transcription modulator” or “transcriptional modulator” is to be construed broadly and in a preferred embodiment relates to factors that play a role in regulating gene expression. In some embodiments, a transcriptional modulator can aid in the structural activation of a gene locus. In other embodiments, a transcriptional modulator can assist in the initiation of transcription. In still other embodiments, a transcriptional modulator can process the transcript. The following is a non-exclusive list of possible factors that are considered to be transcriptional modulators.

Transcription modulators consist of basal transcription factors and transcription modulators that are not basal transcription factors, which are referred to herein as non-basal transcription modulators. Transcription modulators may be grouped according to their structure and/or function.

Among the basal transcription factor class of transcription modulators are factors that alter chromatin structure to permit access of the transcriptional components to the target gene of interest. One group of factors that alters chromatin in an ATP-dependent manner includes NURF, CHRAC, ACF, the SWI/SNF complex, and SWI/SNF-related (RUSH) proteins.

Another group of basal transcription factors is involved in the recruitment of TATA-binding protein (TBP)-containing and non-containing (Initiator) complexes. Examples of general initiation factors include: TFIIB, TFIID, TFIIE, TFIIF, and TFIIH. Each of these general initiation factors are thought to function in intimate association with RNA polymerase II and are required for selective binding of polymerase to its promoters. Additional factors such as TATA-binding protein (TBP), TBP-homologs (TRP, TRF2), initiators that coordinate the interaction of these proteins by recognizing the core promoter element TATA-box or initiator sequence and supplying a scaffolding upon which the rest of the transcriptional machinery can assemble are also considered basal transcription factors.

Included in another group of basal transcription factors are the TBP-associated factors (TAFs) that function as promoter-recognition factors, as coactivators capable of transducing signals from enhancer-bound activators to the basal machinery, and even as enzymatic modifiers of other proteins are also transcription modulators. Particular examples of these basal transcription factors and complexes thereof include: the TFIIA complex: (TFIIAa; TFIIAb; TFIIAg); the TFIIB complex: (TFIIB; RAP74; RAP30); the TAFIIA complex: (TAFIIAa; TAFIIAb; TAFIIAg); the TAFIIB complex: (TAFIIB; RAP74; RAP30); TAFs forming the TFIID complex (TAFI-15) (TAFII250; CIF150; TAFII130/135; TAFII100; TAFII70/80; TAFII31/32; TAFII20; TAFII15; TAFII28; TAFII68; TAFII55; TAFII30; TAFII18; TAFII105); the TAFIIE complex: (TAFIIEa; TAFIIEb); the TAFIIF complex (p62; p52; MAT1; p34; XPD/ERCC2; p44; XPB/ERCC3; Cdk7; CyclinH); the RNA polymerase II complex: (hRPB1, hRPB2, hRPB3, hRPB4, hRPB5, hRPB6, hRPB7, hRPB8, hRPB9, hRPB10, hRPB11, hRPB12); and others.

An additional group of basal transcription factors are those that act as a conserved interface between gene-specific regulatory proteins and the general transcription apparatus of eukaryotes. Typically, this type of mediator complex formed by basal transcription factors integrates and transduces positive and negative regulatory information from enhancers and operators to promoters. They typically function directly through RNA polymerase II, modulating its activity in promoter-dependent transcription. Examples of such mediators that form coactivator complexes with TRAP, DRIP, ARC, CRSP, Med, SMCC, NAT, include: TRAP240/DRIP250; TRAP230/DRIP240; DRIP205/CRSP200/TRIP2/PBP/RB18A/TRAP220; hRGR1/CRSP150/DRIP150/TRAP170, TRAP150; CRSP130/hSur-2/DRIP130; TIG-1; CRSP100/TRAP100/DRIP100; DRIP97; DRIP92/TRAP95; CRSP85; CRSP77/DRIP77/TRAP80; CRSP70/DRIP70; Ring3; hSRB10/hCDK8; DRIP36/hMEDp34; CRSP34; CRSP33/hMED7; hMED6; hSRB11/hCyclin C; hSOH1; hSRB7; and others. Additional members in this class include proteins of the androgen receptor complex, such as: ANPK; ARIP3; PIAS family (PIASa, PIASb, PIASg); ARIP4; and transcriptional co-repressors such as: the N-CoR and SMRT families (NCOR2/SMRT/TRAC1/CTG26/TNRC14/SMRTE); REA; MSin3; HDAC family (HDAC5); and other modulators such as PC4 and MBF1.

Non-basal transcription modulators may conveniently be grouped by their structure and/or biological function.

One group of such non-basal transcription modulators comprises neuronally enriched bHLHs such as: Neurogenins (Neurogenin-1/MATH4c, Neurogenin-2/MATH4a, Neurogenin-3/MATH4b); NeuroD (NeuroD-1, NeuroD-2, NeuroD-3(6)/my051/NEX1/MATH2/Dlx-3, NeuroD-4/ATH-3/NeuroM); ATHs (ATH-1/MATH1, ATH-5/MATH5); ASHs (ASH-1/MASH1, ASH-2/MASH2, ASCL-3/reserved); NSCLs (NSCL1/HENI1NSCL2/HEN2), HANDs (Hand1/eHAND/Thing-1, Hand2/dHAND/Thing-2); Mesencephalon-Olfactory Neuronal bHLHs: COE proteins (COE1; COE2/Olf-1/EBF-LIKE3, COE3/Olf-1Homol/Mmot1); and others.

Another group of such non-basal transcription modulators that are structurally related comprises the GIia enriched bHLHs, such as OLIG proteins (Olig1, Olig2/protein kinase C-binding protein RACK17, Olig3), and others; the HLH and bHLH families of negative regulators, which include Ids (Id1, Id2, Id3, Id4), DIP1, HES (HES1, HES2, HES3, HES4, HES5, HES6, HES7, SHARPs (SHARP1/DEC-2/eip1/Stra13, SHARP2/DEC-1/TR00067497_p), Hey/HRT proteins (Hey1/HRT1/HERP-2/HESR-2, Hey2/HRT2/HERP-1, HRT3), and others. There are other bHLHs that fall within this present category of transcriptional modulators, which include: Lyl family (Lyl-1, Lyl-2); RGS family (RGS1, RGSRGS2/GOS8, RGS3/RGP3); capsulin; CENP-B; Mist1; Nhlh1; MOP3; Scleraxis; TCF15; bA305P22.3; lpf-1/Pdx-1/ldx-1/Stf-1/luf-1/Gsf; and others.

Fork head/winged helix transcription factors constitute another group of structurally related non-basal transcription modulators. Examples of such proteins include BF-1; BF-2/Freac4; Fkh5/Foxb1/HFH-e5.1/Mf3; Fkh6/Freac7; and others.

HMG transcription factors constitute a further group of structurally related non-basal transcription modulators. Examples of such proteins include: Sox proteins (Sox1, Sox2, Sox3, Sox4, Sox6, Sox10, Sox11, Sox13, Sox14 Sox18, Sox21, Sox22, Sox30); HMGIX; HMGIC; HMGIY; HMG-17; and others.

Homeodomain transcription factors constitute yet another group of structurally related non-basal transcription modulators. Examples of such proteins include: Hox proteins; Evx family (Evx1, Evx2); Mox family (Mox1, Mox2); NKL family (NK1, NK3, NRx3.1, NK4); Lbx family (Lbx1, Lbx2); Tlx family (Tlx1, Tlx2, Tlx3); Emx/Ems family (Emx1, Emx2); Vax family (Vax1, Vax2); Hmx family (Hmx1, Hmx2, Hmx3); NK6 family (NRx6.1); Msx/Msh family (Msx-1, Msx-2); Cdx (Cdx1, Cdx2); Xlox family (Lox3); Gsx family (Goosecoid, GSX, GSCL); En family (En-1, En-2) HB9 family (Hb9/HLXB9); Gbx family (Gbx1, Gbx2), Dbx family (Dbx-1, Dbx-2); Dll family (Dlx-1, Dlx-2, Dlx-4, Dlx-5, Dlx-7); Iroquois family (Xiro1, Irx2, Irx3, Irx4, Irx5, Irx6); Nkx (NRx 2.1/TTF-1, NRx2.2/TTF-2, NRx2.8, NRx2.9, NRx5.1, NRx5.2); PBC family (Pbx1a, Pbx1b, Pbx2, Pbx3); Prd family (Otx-1, Otx-2, Phox2a, Phox2B); Ptx family (Pitx2, Pitx3/Ptx3), XANF family (Hesx1/XANF-1); BarH family (BarH, Brx2); Cut; Gtx; and others.

POU domain factors constitute yet another group of structurally related non-basal transcription modulators. Examples of such proteins include Brn2/XIPou2; Brn3a, Brn3b; Brn4/POU3F4; Brn5/Pou6FI; N-Oct-3; Oct-1; Oct-2, Oct2.1, Oct2B; Oct4A, Oct4B; Oct-6; Pit-1; TCFbeta1; vHNF-1A, vHNF-1B, vHNF-IC; and others.

Transcription modulators with homeodomain and LIM regions constitute yet another group of structurally related non-basal transcription modulators. Examples of such proteins include: Isl1; Lhx2; Lhx3; Lhx4; Lhx5; Lhx6; Lhx7 Lhx9; LMO family (LMO1, LMO2, LMO4); and others.

Paired box transcription factors constitute yet another-group of structurally related non-basal transcription modulators. Examples of such proteins include Pax2; Pax3; Pax5; Pax6; Pax7; Pax8; and others.

Zinc finger transcription factors constitute yet another group of structurally related non-basal transcription modulators. Examples of such proteins include: GATA family (Gata1, Gata2, Gata3, Gata4/5, Gata6); MyT family (MyT1, MyT1I, MyT2, MyT3); SAL family (HSal1, Sal2, Sall3); REST/NRSF/XBR; Snail family (Scratch/Scrt); Zf289; FLJ22251; MOZ; ZFP-38/RU49; Pzf; Mtsh1/teashirt; MTG8/CBF1A-homolog; TIS11D/BRF2/ERF2; TTF-I interacting peptide 21; Znf-HX; Zhx1; KOX1/NGO-St-66; ZFP-15/ZN-15; ZnF20; ZFP200; ZNF/282; HUB1; Finb/RREB1; Nuclear Receptors (liganded: ER family; TR family; RAR family; RXR family; PML-RAR family; PML-RXR family; orphan receptors: Not1/Nurr; ROR; COUP-TF family (COUP-TF1, COUP-TF2)) and others.

RING finger transcription factors constitute yet another group of structurally related non-basal transcription modulators. Examples of such proteins include: KIAA0708; Bfp/ZNF179; BRAP2; KIAA0675; LUN; NSPc1; Neutralized family (neu/Neur-1, Neur-2, Neur-3, Neur-4); RING1A; SSA1/RO52; ZNF173; PIAS family (PIAS-α, PIAS-β, PIAS-γ, PIAS-γ homolog); parkin family; ZNF127 family and others.

Another group of non-basal transcription modulators comprises enhancer-bound activators and sequence-specific or general repressors. Examples of these modulators include: non-tissue specific bHLHs, such as: USF; AP4; E-proteins (E2A/E12, E47; HEB/MEI; HEB2/ME2/MITF-2A,B,C/SEF-2/TFE/TF4/R8f); TFE family (TFE3, TFEB); the Myc, Max, Mad families; WBSCR14; and others.

Many non-basal transcription modulators have been described in the context of developmentally important signal transduction pathways.

For example, non-basal transcription modulators belonging to Wnt pathway have been described. Examples of such proteins include: β-catenin; GSK3; Groucho proteins (Groucho-1, Groucho-2, Groucho-3, Groucho-4); TCF family (TCF1A, B, C, D, E, F, G/LEF-1; TCF3; TCF4) and others.

Additionally, non-basal transcription modulators have been described in the TGFβ/BMP pathway. Examples of such proteins include: Chordin; Noggin; Follistatin; SMAD proteins (SMAD1, SMAD2, SMAD3, SMAD4, SAMD5, SMAD6, SMAD7, SMAD8, SMAD9, SMAD10); and others.

Additionally, non-basal transcription modulators have been described in the Notch pathway. Examples of such proteins include: Delta, Serrate, and Jagged families (Dll1, Dll3, Dll4, Jagged1, Jagged2, Serrate2); Notch family (Notch1, Notch2, Notch3, Notch4, TAN-1); Bearded family (E(spl)ma, E(spl)m2, E(spl)m4, E(spl)m6); Fringe family (Mfng, Rfng, Lfng); Deltex/dx-1; MAML1; RBP-Jk/CBF1/Su(H)/KBF2; RUNX; and others.

Additionally, non-basal transcription modulators have been described in the Sonic hedgehog pathway. Examples of such proteins include: SHH; IHH; Su(fu); GLI family (GLI/GLI1, Gli2, Gli3); Zic family (Zic/Zic1, Zic2, Zic3); and others.

Another group of non-basal transcription modulators includes proteins that are involved in recombination and recombinational repair of damaged DNA and in meiotic recombination. Examples of such proteins include: PCNA; RPA (RPA 14 kD, RPA binding co-activator); RFC(RFC 140 kD, RFC 40 kD, RFC 38 kD, RFC 37 kD, RFC 36 kD, RFC/activator homologue RAD17); RAD 50 (RAD 50, RAD 50 truncated, RAD 50-2); RAD 51 (RAD 51, RAD 51 B, RAD 51 C, RAD 51 C truncated, RAD 51 D, RAD 51 H2, RAD 51 H3, RAD 51 interacting/PIR 51, XRCC2, XRCC3); RAD 52 (RAD 52, RAD 52 beta, RAD 52 gamma, RAD 52 delta); RAD 54 (RAD 54, RAD 54 B, RAD 54, ATRX); Ku (Ku p70/p80); NBS1 (nibrin); MRE11 (MRE11, MRE11A, MRE11B); XRCC4; and others.

Another group of non-basal transcription modulators includes proteins relating to cell-cycle progression-dedicated components that are part of the RNA polymerase II transcription complex. Examples of these proteins include: E2F family (E2F-1, E2F-3, E2F-4, E2F-5); DP family (DP-1, DP-2); p53 family (p53, p63; p73); mdm2; ATM; RB family (RB, p107, p130).

Still another group of non-basal transcription modulators includes proteins relating to capping, splicing, and polyadenylation factors that are also a part of the RNA polymerase II modulating activity. Factors involved in splicing include: Hu family (HuA, HuB, HuC, HuD); Musashi1; Nova family (Nova1, Nova2); SR proteins (B1C8, B4A11, ASF SRp20, SRp30, SRp40, SRp55, SRp75, SRm160, SRm300); CC1.3/CC1.4; Def-3/RBM6; SIAHBP/PUF60; Sip1; C1QBP/GC1Q-R/HABP1/P32; Staufen; TRIP; Zfr; and others. Polyadenylation factors include: CPSF; Inducible poly(A)-Binding Protein (U33818), and others.

Another group of non-basal transcription modulators includes protein kinases. Examples of these proteins include: AGC Group: AGC Group I (cyclic nucleotide regulated protein kinase (PKA & PKg) family); AGC Group II (diacylglycerol-activated/phospholipid-dependent protein kinase C (PKC) family); AGC Group III (related to PKA and PKC (RAC/Akt) protein kinase family); AGC Group IV (kinases that phosphorylate ribosomal protein S6 family); AGC Group V (budding yeast AGC-related protein kinase family); AGC Group VI (kinases that phosphorylate ribosomal protein S6 family); AGC Group VII (budding yeast DB 2/20 family); AGC Group VIII (flowering plant PVPk1 protein kinase homologue family); AGC Group Other (other AGC related kinase families); CaMK Group: CaMK Group I (kinases regulated by Ca2+/CaM and close relatives family); CaMK Group II (KIN1/SNF1/Nim1 family); CaMK Other (other CaMK related kinase families); CMGC Group: CMGC Group I (cyclin-dependent kinases (CDKs) and close relatives family); CMGC Group II (ERK (MAP) kinase family); CMGC Group III (glycogen synthase kinase 3 (GSK3) family); CMGC Group IV (casein kinase II family); CMGC Group V (Clk family); CMGC Group Other; Protein-tyrosine kinases (PTK): A. non-membrane spanning: PTK group I (Src family); PTK group 11 (Tec/Akt family); PTK group III (Csk family); PTK group IV Fes (Fps) family; PTK group V (AbI family); PTK group VI (Syk/ZAP70 family); PTK group VIII (Ack family); PTK group IX (focal adhesion kinase (Fak) family); B. membrane spanning: PTK group X (epidermal growth factor receptor family); PTK group XI (Eph/Elk/Eck receptor family); PTK group XII (Axl family); PTK group XIII (Tie/Tek family); PTK group XIV (platelet-derived growth factor receptor family); PTK group XV (fibroblast growth factor receptor family); PTK group XVI (insulin receptor family); PTK group XVII (LTK/ALK family); PTK group XVIII (Ros/Sevenless family); PTK group XIX (Trk/Ror family); PTK group XX (DDR/TKT family); PTK group XXI (hepatocyte growth factor receptor family); PTK group XXII (nematode Kin15/16 family); PTK other membrane spanning kinases (other PTK kinase families); OPK Group: OPK Group I (Polo family); OPK Group II (MEK/STE7 family); OPK Group III (PAK/STE20 family); OPK Group IV (MEKK/STE11 family); OPK Group V (NimA family); OPK Group VI (wee1/mik1 family); OPK Group VII (kinases involved in transcriptional control family); OPK Group VIII (Raf family); OPK Group IX (Activin/TGFb receptor family); OPK Group X (flowering plant putative receptor kinases and close relatives family); OPK Group XI (PSK/PTK “mixed lineage” leucine zipper domain family); OPK Group XII (casein kinase I family); OPK Group XIII (PKN prokaryotic protein kinase family); OPK Other (other protein kinase families).

Another group of non-basal transcription modulators includes cytokines and growth factors. Examples of these proteins include: Bone morphogenetic proteins: Decapentaplegic protein (Dpp), BMP2, BMP4; 60A, BMP5, BMP6, BMP7/OP1, BMP8a/OP2 BMP8b/OP3; BMP3 (Osteogenin), GDF10; BMP9, BMP10, Dorsalin-1; BMP12/GDF7 BMP13/GDF6; GDF5; GDF3Ngr2; Vg1, Univin; BMP14, BMP15, GDF1, Screw, Nodal, XNrl-3, Radar, Admp; Cytokines: Ciliary neurotrophic factor (CNTF) family; Leukemia inhibitory factor; Cardiotrophin-1; Oncostatin-M; Interleukin-1 family; Interleukin-2 family; Interleukin-3 (IL-3); Interleukin-4 (IL-4); Interleukin-5 (IL-5) family; Interleukin-6 (IL-6) family; Interleukin-7 (IL-7); Interleukin-9 (IL-9); Interleukin-10 (IL-10); Interleukin-11 (IL-11); Interleukin-12 (IL-12); Interleukin-13 (IL-13); Interleukin-15 (IL-15) family; GM-CSF; G-CSF; Leptin; Epidermal growth factors: Amphiregulin; Acetylcholine receptor-inducing activity (ARIA); Heregulin (Neuregulin) (NEU differentiation factor); Transforming growth factor α (TGF-α) family; Neuregulin 2; Neuregulin 3; Netrin 1 and 2; Fibroblast growth factors (FGF): FGF-1 (acidic); FGF 2 (basic); FGF3/int-2 (murine mammary tumor virus integration site (v-int-2) oncogene homolog); FGF4/transforming gene from human stomach-1/hst/hst-1/heparin-binding secretary transforming factor-1 (HSTF1)/Kaposi's sarcome FGF (ksFGF)/K-FGF/KS3; FGF5/oncogene encoding fibroblast growth factor-related protein; FGF6/fibroblast growth factor-related gene/hst-2; FGF7, keratinocyte growth factor (KGF); FGF8/androgen-induced growth factor (AIGF); FGF9/glia-activating factor (GAF); FGF10/keratinocyte growth factor 2, KGF-2; FGF11/fibroblast growth factor homologous factor 3 (FHF-3); FGF12/fibroblast growth factor homologous factor 1 (FHF-1); FGF13/fibroblast growth factor homologous factor 2 (FHF-2); FGF14/fibroblast growth factor homologous factor 4 (FHF-4); FGF15; FGF16; FGF17/FGF13; FGF18; FGF19; FGF20/XFGF-20; FGF21; FGF22; FGF23; FGFH/fibroblast growth factor homologous; C05D11.4/hypothetical 48.1 KD protein COD11.4; GDNF: Artemin; Glial-derived neurotrophic factor (GDN F); Neurturin; Persephin; Heparin-binding growth factors: Pleiotrophin (NEGF1); Midkine (NEGF2), Insulin-like growth factors (IGF): Insulin-like IGF1 and IGF2; Neurotrophins: Nerve growth factor (NGF); Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF); Neurotrophin-3 (NT-3); Neurotrophin-4/5 (NT-4/5); Neurotrophin-6 (NT-6) family; Tyrosine kinase receptor ligands: Stem cell factor; Agrin; FLT3L; Macrophage colony stimulating factor-1 (CSF-1); Platelet derived growth factor (PDGF) family; Other: Hedgehog family (Indian hedgehog (Ihh), Desert Hedgehog (Dhh), Sonic Hedgehog (Shh)); Wnt Group: WNT1/INT; WNT2/IRP, WNT2B/13; WNT3; WNT3A; WNT4; WNT5A, WNT5B; WNT6; WNT7A, WNT7B; WNT8A/WNT8d, WNT8B; WNT10A, WNT10B; WNT11; WNT14; WNT15; WNT16 isoforms; negative regulators of Wnt signaling: Dickkopf (Dkk) family (Dkk1, Dkk2, Dkk3, Dkk4); Frisbee; Cerberus; Wnt binding factors: WIFs.

Non-basal transcription modulators may be further subdivided into groups of non-basal transcription factors, and transcription modulators that are non-transcription factors. An exemplary group of transcription factors is the group of bHLH factors (e.g., NeuroD) involved in neuronal development. An exemplary group of transcription modulators that are non-transcription factors is the kinase group of factors, discussed above. Transcription factors, in general, access the nucleus and are capable of impacting transcription and gene expression through DNA interactions. These DNA interactions may be direct or indirect. Disease-associated splice variants of transcription factors, and especially of basal transcription factors, are the preferred targets for therapeutics disclosed herein.

Methods and Compositions for Cancer Diagnosis

Disclosed herein are methods and compositions for diagnosing cancer. The methods generally comprise determining the expression of a plurality of tumor-specific/enriched splice variants, particularly a plurality of basal transcription modulators. In a preferred embodiment, the methods comprise determining the expression of at least one splice variant of a plurality of transcription modulators, wherein the expression of each splice variant is indicative of cancer. In another preferred embodiment, the methods comprise determining the expression of a plurality of splice variants of at least one transcription modulator.

While the expression of each of the splice variants is indicative of cancer, each is not necessarily expressed in every occurrence of a particular cancer or in every cancer type. Moreover, all splice variants for which expression is determined in a diagnostic assay that gives a result indicative of cancer are not necessarily expressed. Rather, it is the determination of the overall expression pattern of a plurality of tumor-specific/enriched splice variants that provides for the very high accuracy of the subject diagnostic methods. Further, as also exemplified herein, the determination of negative expression results for transcription modulator splice variants in some samples in a cancer group yields the molecular identification of cancer subtypes.

Disclosed herein are sets of transcription modulator splice variants that are tumor-enriched or tumor-specific, the expression of which can be determined, and such a determination used as a highly accurate indicator of cancer. While these particular splice variants are of tremendous utility, other tumor-specific/enriched splice variants are contemplated for use in the subject methods. It will be appreciated by the artisan that by increasing the number of tumor-specific/enriched splice variants for which expression is determined, the accuracy of the subject methods is increased, and, importantly, cancer subtypes are more clearly defined, and new subtypes are revealed. All of these factors are beneficial to the effective treatment of cancer.

In addition, it will be appreciated by the artisan that the number of tumor-specific/enriched splice variants for which expression is determined can easily be increased to the point where a single, simultaneous expression determination, or a series of expression determinations, is sufficient to diagnose any of a large number of cancer types and subtypes.

Accordingly, the disclosed methods are useful for diagnosing the existence of a neoplasm or tumor of any origin. For example, the tumor may be associated with lung cancer (e.g., small cell lung cancer, non-small cell lung cancer), gastrointestinal cancer (e.g., colorectal cancer, stomach cancer, liver cancer, pancreatic cancer, and cancers of other regions of gastrointestinal tract), breast cancer, prostate cancer, skin cancer (e.g., basal cell carcinoma, melanoma), sarcoma, endocrine cancer (e.g., carcinoids, insulinoma, cancer of thyroid gland), neural cancers (e.g., neuroblastoma, glioblastoma, medulloblastoma, retinoblastoma), bladder cancer, cervical cancer, renal cancer, hematopoietic cancers (e.g., lymphoma, leukemia). In addition to diagnosing general types of tumors, it is a preferred embodiment of the current invention to diagnose molecular subtypes of the above-listed neoplasia and tumors.

In a preferred embodiment of diagnosing a tumor a practitioner could use primers provided herein to detect the expression of tumor-specific/enriched transcriptional modulator splice variants. In another preferred embodiment, a practitioner could diagnose cancer from neoplastic cells from one of the following sources: blood, tears, semen, saliva, urine, tissue, serum, stool, sputum, cerebrospinal fluid and supernatant from cell lysate. However, diagnosis of a tumor can be performed with as few as one tumor cell from any sample source.

The determination of splice variant isoform expression and its distinction from wildtype expression may be accomplished in a number of ways. With respect to autoantibody detection, when alternative splicing produces a splice variant with a coding sequence that differs from the wildtype isoform, peptides unique to the splice variant isoform (i.e., not present in wildtype isoform) may be used to probe patient sera for the presence of autoantibodies that specifically recognize the peptide, where the presence of such antibodies is indicative of the presence of the splice variant irrespective of the presence of the wildtype isoform of the transcription modulator.

With respect to mRNA detection, RT-PCR reactions may be designed to distinguish the presence of splice variant mRNA from wildtype mRNA. In one embodiment, where alternative splicing removes nucleotide sequence present in the wildtype transcript, primers complementary to mRNA sequence adjacent to the splice junction site in the splice variant may be used to generate a PCR product that traverses the junction site to produce a first product, where the same primers would produce a second product of a different size when reacted with a wildtype transcript. PCR products may be distinguished, for example, by size, and the expression of splice variant mRNA may be discerned from the presence of the splice variant-derived PCR product. In another embodiment, where alternative splicing adds sequence not present in the wildtype construct, primers complementary to mRNA sequence adjacent to each of two splice junctions in a splice variant (between which non-wildtype sequence resides) may be used to generate a PCR product that traverses the junction sites of the splice variant to produce a first product, where the same primers would produce a second product of a different size when reacted with a wildtype transcript. Again, PCR products may be distinguished and the expression of splice variant mRNA determined. Alternatively, a first primer complementary to mRNA sequence adjacent to one of the splice junctions may be used with a second primer complementary to a segment of the non-wildtype sequence present in the splice variant. In this case, the second primer would not hybridize to the wildtype construct, and the PCR reaction would only produce a product in the presence of the splice variant. In preferred embodiments, the mRNA sequence adjacent to the splice junction(s) of interest may optimally be within about 50 to about 100 nucleotides of the splice junction(s), though it will be appreciated by the skilled artisan that greater and shorter distances from the splice junction(s) may be used, and such distances are embraced by other embodiments.

PCR methods are well known in the art. For example, see Current Protocols in Molecular Biology, Greene Pub. Associates and Wiley-Interscience; New York; Eds. Ausubel et al., 1988/April 2003, Chapter 15, The Polymerase Chain Reaction.

Preferred transcription modulator splice variants for which expression is determined include those set forth below. In some cases, primer sequences useful for amplifying and obtaining the varied sequences are presented. It will be appreciated that primer design is routine in the art, and that by disclosing the variation of a splice variant, one of skill in the art would be capable of designing appropriate amplification primers without undue experimentation.

gene/ASV cDNA protein aa forward primer reverse primer TAF2 NM_003184  1199 TAF2 ASV1 insert 165 nt after ex.   432 5′-TTGGTTCCCTTGTGTTGATTC 5′ TGGAAACCAACATCTGACTCC (S2/AS2) 9 TAF2 ASV2 insert 152 nt after ex.   409 5′-TTGGTTCCCTTGTGTTGATTC 5′ TGGAAACCAACATCTGACTCC 9 TAF4 NM_003185  1083 (S2/AS3) TAF4 ASV1 exons 6-9 spliced out   628 5′-GACCAACATCCAGAACTTCCA 5′-TGCTTTG AGAGCAGCAGTGA TAF4 ASV2 exon 7 spliced out  1000 5′-GACCAACATCCAGAACTTCCA 5′-TGCTTTG AGAGCAGCAGTGA (S2/AS2) TAF4 ASV3 exons 6, 7 spliced out ORF continues,   970 aa TAF4 ASV4 part of exon 7, 8 ORF continues, spliced out  1015 aa TAF4 ASV5 deletion in exon 1   452 aa missing (65-1355) in NH terminus,   630 aa TAF4 ASV6 combination of ASV2 and   547 aa ASV5 TAF6L NM_006473 TAF6L ASV1 unspliced intron between truncated protein exons 5 and 6   161 aa TAF6L ASV2 unspliced intron between truncated protein exons 5 and 6   157 aa TAF7L NM_024885   303 TAF7L ASV1 new exon between ex. 8   375 5′- 5′-CATAAGGCAACTGAAGGGACA and 9 AGACATGAGTGAAAGCCAGGA TAF8 NM_138572   259 aa TAF8 ASV1 exons 6-8 spliced out truncated protein   214 aa TAF8 ASV2 different exons after 7, different COOH 9 is similar terminus   310 aa TAF8 ASV3 exons 5 and 6 spliced truncated protein out   168 aa TAF10 NM_024885   218 TAF10 ASV1 intron seq. after exon 2   138 5′-GGCCATATCTAACGGGGTTTA 5′-GGGACATGGGGACAGATAAGT TAF10 ASV2 intron seq after exon 4   198 5′-GGCCATATCTAACGGGGTTTA 5′-GGGACATGGGGACAGATAAGT TAF10 ASV3 intron after exon 2 and   138 5′-GGCCATATCTAACGGGGTTTA 5′-GGGACATGGGGACAGATAAGT exon 4 TAF10 ASV4 intron after exon 2 truncated protein   138 aa TAF15 NM_139215   592 (S2/AS2) TAF15 ASV1 exon 15 spliced out   485 5′-TTGATGACCCTCCTTCAGCTA 5′-GCAAAACTCTGGCAATTTCAC SMARCA1 NM_003069  1054 (S3/AS2) SMARCA1 exon 13 is spliced out  1043 5′- 5′-AGGTTAATTCCGAGACCTCCA ASV1 AGATGACTCGCTTGCTGGATA SMARCA2 NM_003070  1586 (S6/AS6) SMARCA2 deletion in ex 29 15668 5′- 5′-TGAAATCCACTGGCTTCCTAA ASV1 CTGAGGCTCTGTACCGTGAAC SMARCA4 NM_003072  1647 (S6/AS6) SMARCA4 exon 27 is out (fragment  1614 5′-ACCACAAAGTGCTGCTGTTCT 5′-TTCTTCTGCTTCTTGCTCTCG ASV1 950) SMARCA5 NM_003601  1052 aa SMARCA5 exons 1-3 partially   933 aa, first ASV1 spliced out (222-794)   119 aa missing SMARCA5 deletion in exon1 (nt   969 aa protein, ASV2 235-640) first    83 aa missing SMARCB1 NM_003073   385 SMARCB1 Deletion in exon 2 (nt   376 5′-ATTTCGCCTTCCGGCTTC 5′-TACTTCTCATCGTTGCCATCC ASV1 355-378) SMARCC2 NM_003075  1214 (S5/AS5) SMARCC2 nt 3255-3600 spliced in  1099 5′- 5′-AGATGTCTGGCTGGCTCCT ASV1 exon 27 CTGCTGTTGAGGAAAGGAAGA SMARCC2 nt 3255-3531 spliced in  1121 5′- 5′-AGATGTCTGGCTGGCTCCT ASV2 exon 27 CTGCTGTTGAGGAAAGGAAGA SMARCC2 extra ex. between 17 and  1245 5′- 5′-CGGACACTTTGTTCCAGTCAT ASV3 18 AACCCCAGAAGCAAAGAAGAA SMARCC2 extra exon after 17 and  1131 aa ASV4 deletion exon 27 SMARCD3 NM_003078   470 SMARCD3 New ORF or short trunc   382 5′- 5′-ACTTTTAATCCAGCCCCACAC ASV1 ATGACTCTCCAGGTGCAGGAC SMARCD3 ex.s 3, 4, 5 out   344 5′- 5′-ACTTTTAATCCAGCCCCACAC ASV2 ATGACTCTCCAGGTGCAGGAC NCOA2 NM_006540  1465 (S2/AS2) NCOA2 ASV1 ex 13 spliced out  1385 5′-TAGCCAGCTCTTTGTCGGATA 5′-AGGAGAGCTCCCTCATCACTC NCOA3 NM_181659  1425 aa NCOA3 ASV1 3145-(3950-3980) out in  1052 aa, poly Q strech of CAG at the COOH terminus NCOA4 NM_005437   615 (S1/AS2) NCOA4 ASV1 exon 8 out   286 5′- 5′-GGTCAGACCCAGAAACACAA GAGGGACTTGGAGCTTGCTAT NCOA6 NM_014071  2064 (S2/AS2) NCOA6 ASV1 deletion beginning of ex   568 5′-GCCACCTCAAAATAACCCACT 5′-GGTTCTGAGGGTTCAAGGTTC 8 NCOA7 NM_181782   943 (S1/AS1) NCOA7 ASV1 exon 3 out   877 5′- 5′-CAATGGAAACAACCTCTTCCA GAGAAGAAGGAACGGAAACAAA GTF3C5 ASV1 Exon skipping + alterna- AGTGGTGCGTGATGTGGCTAAG GCTTGAAGTCCTCCTCCTCCTCT tive exon, deleted (exon A IV partly + exonV en- tirely) + additional exon VIII BRF1 Exon skipping, exons 5- GGTCATCAGTGTGGTCAAAGTG GCTGAGACCTCCTACGAGTGGTAC 11 deleted, deletion in exon 12 GTF2F1 asv1 Exon skipping + cryptic CGTCCTACTACATCTTCACCC CTCTTGGGTGGCGTCTTCTTC splicing, deletion in exon 5, cryptic splic- ings in exons 4 and 6, deletion 396 nt GTF2F1 asv2 intron retained between exons 10 and 11, insertion 79 nt MED12 Gene ID 9968 MED12 ASV1 introns 8, 11 unspliced MED12 ASV2 intron 18 unspliced MED12 ASV3 Deletion from mid-exon 11 through mid-exon 19 MED12 ASV4 Intron 21 unspliced AND exon 22 truncated on 3′end by 31 nt (net increase of 394 nt) MED12 ASV5 Intron 21 unspliced re- sulting in 425 nt increase MED12 ASV6 Large deletion from mid- exon 11 through exon 21, with exon 19 redefined. Also, exon 21 through exon 24 (end of clone) is intact, with no in- trons spliced out MED12 ASV7 Intron 24 unspliced re- sulting in 395 nt increase MED12 ASV8 Intron 39 unspliced re- sulting in 174 nt increase MED12 ASV9 First: Intron 39 un- spliced resulting in 174 nt increase; Second: exon 41 has internal intron splice out (known ASV) which de- letes 75 nts MED12 ASV10 Exon 20 extended 3′, resulting in a 109 nt increase THRAP4 gene id 9862 THRAP4 ASV1 Extra 57 nt exon between exons 6 and 7 THRAP4 ASV2 First: extra exon be- tween exons 6 and 7, (57 nt); exon 7 is extended on the 5′ end by 315 nts THRAP3 gene id 9967 THRAP3 ASV1 Extra exon (192 nt), lo- cated 114 nt after exon 8 HMG20B gene id 10362 HMG20B ASV1 Exon 5 spliced out, loss of 216 nt OGHDL gene id 55753 OGHDL ASV1 exon 10 extended 5′ HDAC5 ASV1 Alternative exon, exons GAGGAGGATTGCATCCAGGT TCCTCCACCAACCTCTTCAG 14 and 15 in; insertion 255 nt BAF250 ASV1 Exon skipping, exon 16 CCCAGCCAGCAGACTACAATG CTAATGCCCATGTGCTCTCTG deleted, deletion 892 nt BAF250 ASV2 deletion in exon 16, deletion of 651 nt

TABLE 2 Non-basal Transcription Modulator Splice Variants - Transcription Factors GROUP Symbol Splicing Type Sense Asense TF AKNAh Alternative exon, additional exon ATGGCTGGCTACGAATACG; as1GCTACGAAGTTGAGGATGCC; after 1 exon as2GCACCTCCCTTTCATCTGGT TF Alx4 Cryptic splicing, deletion in 3′UTR CCCACTCGACTTTCCTCTTAG ACTAGGCAGAGCAGAGGAGTGG TF ANAC Alternative exon, 3 additional al- CTACAGAGCAGGAGTTGCCGC GCTGCAGTTACTCCTTTGAGACACCA ternative exons after exon 1 AG TF AP-4 Cryptic splicing, deletion in exon CCACCACTTGTATCCAGCACCC CGCTGGTGTGTGATGGGTAC 14 TF ARNT Exon skipping, exons 12-20 deleted. GATGGGGAACCTCACTTCGTGG CTCCCAGCATGGACAGCATCTC TF ATF3 Alternative exon, additional exon GGGGTGTCCATCACAAAAGCC ATGGGAAGGGCCTGCTGAATC before exon 4 GAG TF BIN1 Exon skipping, exons 12 and 13 CTGCAAAAGGGAACAAGAGCC AGGGTTCTGGAAGGGGATCAC deleted. TF CTDP1 Alternative exon TGCCAAGTATGACCGCTACCTC AGAAAGCAGCGTGGACCGAGACTG AACA TF CUX Alternative exon, alternative GCTATTTTCAGGCACGGTTTCT TCCACATTGTTGGGGTCGTTC transcription initiation between C exons 20 and 21. TF TELF1 Intron retention. GACTAGAATATCAATGAACCAG GCAGTGCCAGTAAAAACTCCC G TF ELF3 Alternative exon, different 5′ UTR s1CCTGGCGGAACTGGATTTCT as1CTGTACCCTCCAATGACATCG, CTC, as2GGAAGAGCTTGCCATCAGTG s2GTTGGATCATTGAGCTGCTG G TF ER1 Alternative exon, exon 2 inserted. TGCCCTACTACCTGGAGAAC as1CTGATGTGGGAGAGGATGAGGA, as2GCTCTGTTCTGTTCCATTGGTC TF FXR1 Exon skipping, exon 15 spliced out GAAGAGGCAGAAGTGTTTCAGG TGGAGGAACTGAAAGTGCGATG G TF GATA1 Cryptic splicing, deletion in exon 6 TGTCAGTAAACGGGCAGGTAC CTGGCTACAAGAGGAGAAGGAC TF Gli2 Cryptic splicing, deletion in exon 5 AACAAGCAGAGCAGTGAGTCG GGCACACAAACTCCTTCTTCTCCC G TF Hes6 Cryptic splicing, deletion in exon 3 s1TGCTGGCGGGCGCCGAGGT GCATGGACTCGAGCAGATGGTTC GCA, s2TGCTGCTGGCGGGCGCCGA GGCC TF HesR1 Cryptic splicing, exon 3 longer, s1TTCTTTTGGGGGGAGGGGAA as1GCTCAGATAACGCGCAACTTC, deletion in 3′UTR C, as2CTCAATTGACCACTCGCACACC s2GCTTTTGAGAAGCAGGGATC, s3TGAGAAGCAGGTAATGGAGC TF HOXA1 Cryptic splicing, two deletions in GTCCTACTCCCACTCAAGTTG CTCCTTCTCCAGTTCCGTGAGC exon 1 TF HRY Cryptic splicing, deletion in exon 1 s1AAATTCCTCGTCCCCCGGTC CGGAGGTGCTTCACTGTCATTTCC AGC; s2AAATTCCTCGTCCCCGGTCA GC TF HSSB Cryptic splicing, alternative splice TGGCTGGGCTGCTCGGGTTAG CTCCTTCTCTTTCGTCTGGTCACTC donor in exon 1. Probably leads to A an mRNA that is not translated. TF Mdm-2 Exon skipping, exons 4-11 spliced TGCTGTAACCACCTCACAG CACACTCTCTTCTTTGTCTTGGG out TF MITF Alternative exon, different 5′ re- GTGCAGACCCACCTCGAAAACC as1CCAGACATTCACAACAAGCGGAA gion, additional exon between exons C, 3 and 4. as2GGACGCTCGTGAATGTGTGTTC TF MOX1 Cryptic splicing, exon 2 deleted AGGGGGTTCCAAGGAAATGGG TGACCTCCCTTCACACGCTTCC TF nfkb2 Alternative exon + exon skipping, GCCTGACTTTGAGGGACTGTAT CCTCCCCTTCCCATGAGAATCC alternative exons 18, 19 and exons CC 18-22 spliced out. TF Oct1 Exon skipping, exon 2 in, exon 3 GGAGGAGCAGCGAGTCAAGAT GCCTGGGCTGTTGAGATTGC deleted, exon 5 in. G TF Oct2 Cryptic splicing, deletion in exon CCAGCTACAGCCCCCATATG GATTCCCGCTGCCATCAAGG 13 TF OIP2 Cryptic splicing, alternative splice AGATGGTTCTGCTTTAGTGAAG GTCATCAAACACAGCAAAGGAAG acceptor in exon 6 TTGG TF PAX2 Exon skipping + Alternative exon, TTTCCAGCGCCTCCAATGACCC GTCGGCCTGAAGCTTGATGTGG alternative exon 6, exon 10 deleted. TF PCNP Exon skipping, exons 2 and 3 spliced AAATGGCGGACGGGAAGGC AAAGCGGCTCCAAAGATAGTC out. TF PGR Exon skipping, exon 4 deleted. ATGGTGTCCTTACCTGTGGGAG TACAGCATCTGCCCACTGAC TF SCRAP Exon skipping, exon 23 deleted. GCAAACCTCTCACCTTCCAAAT TGGAAGCCCAGAGCTCGGA C TF TCF3 Exon skipping, exons III & IV s1CAGGAGAATGAACCAGCCGC as1CCTCGTCCAGGTGGTCTTCTATC; deleted AGA, as2GCTGCTTTGGGATTCAGGTTCC s2GCAATAACTTCTCGTCCAGCC CTT TF Trim19 Exon skipping + cryptic splicing, CAACAACATCTTCTGCTCCAAC TCACTGGACTCACTGCTGCTGTCAT lambda exon IV deleted, exon V partly CC deleted TF WT1 Cryptic splicing, deletion in exon 9 CCCAGCTTGAATGCATGACCTG TTGGCCACCGACAGCTGAAG G TF ZNF147 Exon skipping, exon 6 deleted. CTGCGAGGAATCTCAACAAAGC AGGAAGGTCTCCAGCACCTTGG C TF ZNF398 Exon skipping + Alternative exon, s1ATCTTGGCTCACTGCAACCTC GTGTGCCTCATTTGCTGCTGGG different 5′ exon, exon 3 in. CG; s2TAGACAGCGCAGGGCCATGG TF SMARCD1 Alternative exon + exon skipping, s1GGCGGGTTTCCAGTCTGTGG CTGTAATCCAGCATCAGTAGGACA exon 1 different + Exon 5 deleted CTC, s2CTATCCGAGACCAGGTATGTT GC TF ATF4 Cryptic splicing, deletion in 5′UTR CCGCCCACAGATGTAGTTTTC CATCAAGTCCCCCACCAACACC TF BTF3 Cryptic splicing, deletion in exon 1 GCCCCTTATTCGCTCCGACAAG TGTCATCTGCTGTGGCTGTTC TF Msx2 Cryptic splicing, deletion in exon 2 ACGCCCTTTACCACATCCCAGC AAAGGTATACCGGAGGGAGGG TF NFIC Exon skipping + alternative exon, CCCTGGCGGCGATTACTACACT TTCCTGGGACGATGGAGAAGGG deletion in exon 7, exon 8 deleted, TC alternative exon after exon 7 TF RELA Cryptic splicing + exon skipping, CCCAACACTGCCGAGCTCAAGA CCAGAAGGAAACACCATGGTGGG deletion in exon 7, exon 8 deleted, TC deletion in exon 9 TF SNAI1 Alternative exon + cryptic splicing, CAATCGGAAGCCTAACTACAGC CTCGGGGCATCTCAGACTCTAG different 5′ exon, deletions in exons 2 and 3 TF TFE3 Cryptic splicing + exon skipping, CCGAGGCAAAGGCCCTTTTGAA AGAGCAGGGCAGGGTTCATG deletion in exons 8 and 10, exon 9 GG deleted TF TGIF Cryptic splicing, alternative splice TCCTTCGGCTGCGTTTCTGT GGCAGAGAGAGAAAGGGACATCTT donor in exon 1. TF Oct11a Exon skipping, exon 10 spliced out CTGGAGAAGTGGCTGAATGATG TTTGGTCTCAGTGGAGGTAGGTG C TF MAX Alternative exon, alternative 3′exon CAGTCCCATCACTCCAAGGA as1 AGGTCCTTGGAGTGGAATGTG; after exon 3. as2 AAAGGAGGCTGGAAGGTTGTAA TF PPARG Alternative exon, alternative 5′ s1 CTTTATCTCCACAGACACGACAT exon, does not change the protein TGAAAGAAGCCGACACTAAACC A; s2 CATTTCTGCATTCTGCTTAATTC CCT TF BRD3 Alternative exon, alternative 5′ and s1 as1 CATTAGCACTATGTCATCTGTG, 3′ exons. GTGCCCGCTTCTTCCATGCCGT as2 TCCCGAGATTGGATGATGTGC CCT; s2 ATGAGGTTTGCCAAGATGCCA TF FoxH1 Alternative exon + Intron retention, CCTTTCCTCCAACCGATGCTTC ATAGGCAAGTAGGAGGTGGGCAGC different 5′UTR, retained intron btween exons 3 and 4. TF SMARCC2 Exon skipping, exon 11 spliced out GACGGGCAAGGATGAGGATGA TTTGTCAGGAAAGTTGAGCATTTGTT GA GGG TF CBX3 Cryptic splicing, cryptic splicing CGTGTAGTGAATGGGAAAGTGG TTTGCTTGGAATAATGGCATCTCAG in exon 4 (D81bp), in-frame splicing A altered protein. TF SMARCB1 Cryptic splicing, cryptic splicing GGCAGAAGCCCGTGAAGTTCC TGGTCATCAAAGCAAAGGGAAAGGT in exon IV, D27bp AG TF SMARCC1 Exon skipping, exon 18 deleted GACAGAGCAGACCAATCACATT TACTCATAACTGGATTTCCTGACTGA (D111bp) A C TF SMARCA5 Exon skipping, exons 8, 9 and 10 GAGATCTGTTTGTTTGATAGGA GTTCTTTTAACTTAGGGAGCAGCT deleted (D420bp) GA TF LISCH7 Exon skipping, exon 4 spliced out TGTATTACTGCTCCGTGGTCTC TCTCCTCCCACCATTACTCGT AG TF KLF5 Alternative exon, additional exon GTCCAGATAGACAAGCAGAGAT AACCTCCAGTCGCAGCCTTC after exon 3. GC TF CREB3L4 Cryptic splicing, exon 2 uses a ACAGAACAGGCATTCAGGAGTC GAGCATAGGAGAACTGGTTGC cryptic splice donor, leading to a smaller exon. TF Hes6 Exon skipping, exon 2 deleted GACGGCTGGGCTGCTGCTGGG GACTCAGTTCAGCCTCAGGG TF AR Exon skipping, skipping of exon 2, GGCCCCTGGATGGATAGCTACT GCCTCATTCGGACACACTGGCTG exon 3 and exon 4. C TF REST Alternative exon, inclusion of an GGCCCCATTCGCTGTGACCGCT GGCCACATAACTGCACTGATCA extra exon

TABLE 3 Non-basal Transcription Modulator Splice Variants Group Symbol Splicing Type Sense Asense Cytoskeletal M-RIP Exon skipping, exon 9 GAGGTCTTATTGCGGGTAAAGG GTGCTCAACTTGGATGGGACA protein spliced out Cytoskeletal TAU Alternative exon, exon CCAAAATCAGGGGATCGCAGC GGATGTTGCCTAATGAGCCAC protein 10 inserted. G Cytoskeletal TNNT2 Exon skipping, exons 4 GAAGAGGTGGTGGAAGAGTAC TCGGTCTCAGCCTCTGCTTCAG protein and 5 deleted G Growth FGFR2 Exon skipping + Alterna- s1GGTTTACAGTGATGCCCAGC as1CCCAATAGAATTACCCGCCAAGC; factor/ tive exon, exons 2, 3 C; as2TGTTTTGGCAGGACAGTGAGC Receptor deleted, alternative s2GTGTGCAGATGGGATTAACG exon 5. TC Growth Her Alternative exon, al- s1GATGTACTGAGAATGTGCCC, TCACCAGCTGGACATTCTCGG factor/ ternative exon 7. s2GAGTTTACTGGTGATCGCTG Receptor CC Growth NCAM Alternative exon, exon GGAGGACTTCTACCCGGAACAT CAGTGTACTGGATGCTCTTCAGGG factor/ insertion between exons C Receptor 6 and 7. Growth VEGFR3 Alternative exon, alter- CAGATAGAGAGCAGGCATAGAC as1TGAGGAGGAAAGGGCGTTTG; factor/ native usage of the last A as2GTGCTGAAGGGACATTGTGAGAA Receptor exon Other ADRM1 Cryptic splicing, exon 3 GACTCGCTTATTCACTTCTG GTGGTGGATGACGGGGTGAC differently spliced, leading to a frameshift Other CD151 Alternative exon, addi- CGGACTCGGACGCGTGGTAG CGCCACCACCAGGATGTAGG tional exon after exon II Other CD74 Alternative exon, addi- TGTTTGAAATGAGCAGGCACTC GTTCCGACTTGGTTTGTCTTGT tional exon after exon 6. Other CHL1 Exon skipping, exon 25 GCTGGCACCTCTCAAACCTG AGGCTTTTCATCACTGTCAC deleted. Other CNTN4 Exon skipping, exon 8 AGGTCAAGGAATGGTGCTAC TCTGGCTTTCCTTGCTATTG deleted. Other CRK Cryptic splicing, exon 2 GCGTCTCCCACTACATCATCAA CTAACACACAAGCCCTCCAGTTCGT internal splicing CAGC Other DKFZp313H1 Exon skipping, exons 13 GCCTCAGACCAGAAAGTGAAG GAAATCCATAGACCTTGTGGCG 733 and 14 spliced out Other GT335 Exon skipping, exon5 GATGCGGAGTCTACGATGGGA ACTTTCCAGTGAGTTCCAGC skipping C Other HGD Alternative exon, al- TGAGTTACCTGACCTTGGACCA TTCCTGGAGTTGGGAGTGAAGTG ternative use of exons 12 and 13. Other ISCU2 Alternative exon, ad- GGCCCGACTCTATCACAAG TCCTTTCACCCATTCAGTGGC ditional exon after 1 exon Other KIAA1117 Intron retention, Intron CTCAGCAGTCTTAGTGGGTATC GAGAATGGAGAGTTGGCACCTG retained between exons 12 and 13. Other LIV1 Alternative exon, ad- TGTTCGCGCCTGGTAGAGAT TTTGGTTGATGATGGCTGGAC ditional exon after exon 1 Other LZ16 Alternative exon, ad- s1CTATGGAATCGCAGACGGTT as1CACGCTCGTTTCTCTTGTTCACAT, ditional exons after GAT, as2GCTCGTCGTCCTCATCAAACTCA exons 2 and 3 s2GCAAGAAGAAAGAGAAGCAG GGC Other MCAM Cryptic splicing, new GCCAACAGCACCTCCACAGA AGCAGGGAGCTGGGAATGGT splice acceptor in exon 16, extended exon. Other MGC2747 Cryptic splicing, cryp- GCGATGAAACCAGGAACTCAC GGAAGGCTGGTGTCTCTGTTA tic splice site used in exon 2. No protein. Other Nm23 Exon skipping, exon 2 CCTAAGCAGCTGGAAGGAACCA GATTTCCTACAGCCTGGTCCTCT spliced out. T Other NPIP Cryptic splicing, al- AGAGGAAGACCGCCAAAGAAC GATAGAGCAGGCACTCGGCA ternative splice ac- ATC ceptor in exon 4. Other NYBR1 Exon skipping + Alter- AGTCCCTGTGAGACGGTTTC ACTGTCTTTGTTGCTCCCTC native exon, exon 17 deleted, 6 additional alternative exons after exon 22. Other PEG1/MEST Alternative exon, al- s1GCATGGGATAACGCGGCCA; AGAAGGAGTGGACGGTGAGT ternative 5′ exon, not s2CCTCAGGAAGCGCATGCG translated. Other PLP1 Exon skipping, skipping GCTTGTTAGAGTGCTGTGCA GGAAACCAGTGTAGCTGCAG of 5′ part of exon 3 Other PMSCL1 Alternative exon, exon 9 GTTGTTTCTACACCTGTGCTAT GTATTATGGGAGCATCTGAGGTCA inserted GG Other SELL Exon skipping, exon 7 GCTGCTCTGAAGGAACAAAC GATAAATGAGGGGCGAAATG spliced out Other SWAP70 Exon skipping, exon 3 CCACAGCGGCAAGGTCTCCAA GCCTTTGCTAAACTGTCCATTTCCGA deleted. GT Other TMPIT cryptic splicing, 62 bp GCCGCTTCCTGCTCAACTCCAG GCCTCAATCCTTCTTGCTCC skipped from the last exon Other WBP2 Cryptic splicing, alter- CCCTGTTGGAGAGACTATGGCG ATCCGCTGTCCGAACTCAATGG native splice donorsite in exon1. RNA Binding HNRNPB1 Alternative exon, ad- AAATCGGGCTGAAGCGACTGA TTTGGCTCAACTACTCTCCCATC Protein ditional exon after 1 exon RNA Binding RNP6 Alternative exon, al- GAGTTCCAGGCTTCTGCCAA TTCACCAAAGTATTGTTAATTAGCAG Protein ternatively spliced exon 5. RNA Binding SFRS5 Intron retention, Intron TTCATCGGGAGACTAAATCCAG CCATAAGAGGCAAACTCAACCACC Protein retained between exons 4 CG and 5. Signal ALG8 Exon skipping, exon 2 GGGTGACTCTTCTCAAATGCCT GCATTTACAGCACTCACGGAC Transduction spliced out. Signal APBB1 Cryptic splicing, al- GCTCCCCAGAGGACACAGATTC as1GCTCCCCAGAGGACACAGCCT Transduction ternative splice accep- as2GCTCCTCCTCGGTCATCTCTAC tor in exon 3 Signal Capn3 Exon skipping, exon 15 ATACCATCTCCGTGGATCGG TTTGCCTTTGCCCTCCTCTGACT Transduction spliced out Signal cdkn2a Exon skipping CTGCCCAACGCACCGAATAGTT GAGCCTCTCTGGTTCTTTCAATCGG Transduction AC Signal CSDA Cryptic splicing, Al- GTTCTCGCCACCAAAGTCCTTG as1AGGAGGTCCCCTGCTTGGGC; Transduction ternative splice accep- as2GGAGGTCCCCTGCTACGGTAC tor in exon 7, leads to 3 amino acid deletion Signal EAAT2 Exon skipping, exon 8 CGAAGAAAGTCCTGGTTGCAC GGATACGCTGGGGAGTTTATTC Transduction deleted. Signal GABARG2 Exon skipping, exon 9 CTGCTCTGGTGGAGTATGGCAC TGCCGTCCAGACACTCATAGCC Transduction spliced out Signal GLRA2 Alternative exon, TCTGCAAAGACCATGACTCC AGCATGGATGGGTCCAAGTCC Transduction alternative exon 3. Signal Hri Exon skipping + cryptic CCCACTTCGTTCAAGACAGG ATCCAATCCCACAGCGAGAG Transduction splicing, exons 4-8 spliced out, exons 3 and 9 use different splice donor and acceptor. Signal ITGA4 Alternative exon, ad- CCTACACCTGAAAAACAAGA GCTGTGTGACCCCAAACTGC Transduction ditional exon after exon 5 Signal ITGB4 Alternative exon, al- ACTACAACTCACTGACCCGCTC TCCTCCATCCTGGGACTCTAT Transduction ternative exon after A exon 35 Signal ITPK1 Alternative exon, 2 ad- CTGAAAGGGAAGAGAGTTGGCT TATCATTCTGGTCGGCTTCA Transduction ditional exons after exon 1 Signal Lyk5 Alternative exon, 2 ad- GGGCTGCTTGCTAACTCCA ATGTGGCTGGCTTTGACACTC Transduction ditional exons after exon 2 Signal MAG Alternative exon, al- GCCATCGTCTGCTACATTACCC AGCAGCCTCCTCTCAGATCC Transduction ternative exon after exon 10. Signal NMDAR1 Exon skipping + cryptic CCTACAAGCGGCACAAGGATG CCGTGATATCAGTGGGATGG Transduction splicing, exon 19 de- leted, deletion in exon 20 Signal PCF Cryptic splicing, al- TACTGGGAGGGCATTGACCA TCCGAATGTCACGAACCTCCT Transduction ternative splice accep- tor inside exon 10 Signal pyridoxal Cryptic splicing, al- TTCAAACCACACAGGCTATGCC ATGTCCATCACCCGCAAGGC Transduction kinase ternative splice accep- tor in exon 8. Signal RNF8 Exon skipping, exon 7 CAAATGGAGCAGGAACTTCAGG TTCAGAGCAGCGGAGTCACG Transduction spliced out AC Signal RPGR Alternative exon, ad- CCAGAGGAGAAGGAAGGAGCA GGAACACTTTCATCATCTCCCACAG Transduction ditional exon between G exons 15 and 16 Signal SHMT1 Alternative exon, ad- GGCGGCGTAGGACGGAG CGAGGCAATCAGCTCCAATC Transduction ditional exon in 5′ UTR after exon 1 Signal THTPA Cryptic splicing, dele- s1CTTGATTGAGGTGGAGCGAA as1GCCTCTACCTCACCCACAGCGTA Transduction tion in exon 1 AGT as2CTTGGCTGGTGCTGTCTCCTG s2GCACCGCACAACGGGCGTAA TA Signal Tyr Exon skipping, exon 3 GTGAGGACTAGAGGAAGAATG GCCCTACTCTATTGCCTAAG Transduction deleted. C Signal UBEC2C Alternative exon, al- GTGTTCTCCGAGTTCCTGTCTC as1GGGAAGGGAGAAGTTGAGTCGG; Transduction ternative 5′exon, if any TC as2CATTGTAAGGGTAGCCACTGGG protein is translated, the alternative Met is used. Signal BAG4 Exon skipping, exon 2 GTACACCCACCTCCACCCTTAT GCCACCAGTGACCATCCCAACAA Transduction, spliced out. ATCCT Death Signal Bcl6 Cryptic splicing, exon 5 ACCGCCAGCCTCTTATTCCAT TTGTGGGATGGTGGAGTCCT Transduction, spliced into two exons Death

TABLE 4 Non-basal Transcription Modulator Splice Variants Group Symbol Splicing Type Sense Asense RNA Binding HRNP Exon skipping, exon 2 TTCTCGAGCAGCGGCAGTTCTC CACACAGTCTGTAAGCTTTCCC Protein deleted AC Other BACS1 Exon skipping, exons 9 AATCAGGACCCACCTCTCTGCC GGCTGGTTCTTTGGCTTCCTG and 10 deleted Other CENPA Exon skipping, exon 2 TCCATCAACACGCTCTCGG ACTGTCGTGCTTGCTCAGGA skipping Other CD44 Exon skipping, exons CATCGGATTTGAGACCTGCAG CTTCGACTGTTGACTGCAATGC 6-11 deleted Other NEMP Cryptic splicing, exon 6 CCATGAAGCTGACGCGGAAGAT as1 cryptic splicing GGT CTCCTCCTCCGTCACAGCCTGGTT as2 GGGACAGGACTGGTGTAGACAGGCA Other EST Alternative exon, ad- GAGCGTGAGGCAGATCGGC CCGAAACCACAAACCTTGCCAT ditional exon spliced in. Signal SUA1 Alternative exon, ad- GCAGGAGTGAAAGGACTGACC GCCCATCTTCTACTCCTTGGCTAAC Transduction ditional exon spliced in after exon 3. Signal POMT1 Cryptic splicing, ex- CCGTGTTGTCCTACCTGAAGTT GTAGGTGTCCTGGTGGGAATGAA Transduction tended exon 8. CT Other galectin 9 Exon skipping, exon 6 CTTTGACCTCTGCTTCCTGGTG TTGCGGACCACAGCATTCTCATC spliced out. C Signal CA11 Exon skipping + cryptic GAAAGAGGAAAGACACAGAGA TGGAGGATTCTGGCTCAGGA Transduction splicing, exons 2-6 and GAC the first half of exon 7 spliced out. Signal GPX2 Alternative exon, ad- TCCTTCTATGACCTCAGTGCCA ATGTTGATGGTTGGGAAGGTGCG Transduction ditional exon after TC exon 1. Other ccrg Cryptic splicing, Inser- GACGCTGTTCTTCCATCTTTACT TTACCCAAGAATCAGGAATGGAAC tion in 3′ UTR; doesn't C affect protein Other SDCCAG1 Exon skipping + alter- GTTACAATGCTGCTAAGAGGAG TCCAAACACAAGACTCATCTACC native exon, one exon GA skipped and one exon inserted Other SDCCAG10 Intron retention, intron GGTAGTGTTTGGTGTCCCTGTC GGTAGTGTTTGGTGTCCCTGTCT retention in 5′UTR T Other SDCCAG8 Alternative exon, exon 3 GAACTGGATGAAAGCAAACAAC CCTTAGCCTTTGCTTCATCGTCTC insertion. Inserted AC 192 bp. Other NY-BR-20 Exon skipping + Alter- CAAGGAATGCTTCTCCCTGTAT GTTTGCCATCTCTCCCAAGTGAAA native exon, exon 2 GAC skipping, exon 3 inser- tion. Alternative ATG. Other EPSTI1 Alternative exon, two TGGAAGACCAGAGAGAGGGTTT CACTTCTGTCTGGCGATTCTGTG additional exons spliced G in. Signal PPP1R1B Exon skipping, exons 1, AGAGGCAGAGAGAGGAGACAC CCTCATCTTCCTCTCTTGGATAACCC Transduction 2, 5, 6 and 7 spliced GCA A out Other USH1C Exon skipping, exon 11 GAAAAGTGGCCCGAGAATTCCG TTCTCCTTTGCCGCTCCATCT skipping GCA Signal CLIC5B Alternative exon, alter- s1 as1 CTGAGAGAAAGGACAGTTGCC, Transduction native 5′ exon. GACGAAGACTACAGCACCATC, as2 TGAACTCATCACGGGCATAGG s2 AAGGAGTCGTGTTCAATGTCAC Other Mic1 Cryptic splicing, ATCATCAGGATACAGAGACATC GCAAGTGATTTCAGAATGTTGTAGGC cryptic splicing in exon GGTA IX Other PC-1 Alternative exon, alter- CCAAAGCGGCACTCAACTGAAG CAGCCTGGGATAAGGTTTCAGATGTC native exon I, ad- G ditional exon between exons 3 and 4 RNA Binding SF3B2 Cryptic splicing, GAGAGCCGCCAGGAAGAGATG TCCTGGCTTCTTCTCCTTCAGTCG Protein cryptic splicing in AAT exons IX and X, D158bp RNA Binding DDX38 Exon skipping, exons 3, s1 as1 AAACTCTTCGCTCACACCACCCG, Protein 4, 5 and part of exon 6 GCTTTCAAGGTGTGGATTTGGC as2GCAAACTTCTCCGCATCCATCgtg deleted (D746bp) T; s2 GGCACTGATCTGGACTGTCAGG TT RNA Binding DNAJC8 Alternative exon, alter- CAGCACCGAGGAAGCATTTATG AATCTCTTCTTCCCTTTGTCGTTTCC Protein native exon 2 A RNA Binding SFRS7 Exon skipping, exon 7 CTTGGCGGGTGAAGGTGTGTG GGTTACACTTTACAGACATCACAAAT Protein deleted TCA CCC RNA Binding SFRS9 Cryptic splicing, exon 3 GTGCGGATGTCGGGCTGGGCG CTTGACCCAGACCGAGACCGTGAGT Protein uses cryptic splice GACGA A site. RNA Binding PRP19 Exon skipping, exons s1 CCCTGCACAAGCCCTCCTGCCCAT Protein 2-12 deleted, D1495bp TGTCCCTAATCTGCTCCATCTCT, s2 GACCGACCAAATCCTGATAGTG G Signal RIPK2 Exon skipping, exon 2 ACCATGAACGGGGAGGCCATC GTGAGAGGGACATCATGCGC Transduction spliced out TGC Other neogenin1 Exon skipping, exon 21 AATCCAGGCACGGAACTCAA GCGATAATCACAACCACCACG spliced out Other ADRM1 Cryptic splicing, exon 3 ACCAGGATGAGGAGCATTGCC ATCAGTGGGTGGGAGGTGAG cryptic splicing (D92 bp) Signal Bid Exon skipping, exon 3 GGGGCGC CATAAGGAGG CTGGAACTGTCCGTTCAGTCCATC Transduction deleted AAGC Signal Bax Alternative exon, an GATGGACGGGTCCGGGGAGCA CTCAGCCCATCTTCTTCCAGATGGTG Transduction, extra exon inserted be- G A Death tween exons 4 and 5 Signal CASP9 Exon skipping, skipping GGCAGCTGATCATAGATCTGGA CAGGGGAAGTGGAGGCCACCTC Transduction, of exons 3, 4, 5, 6 GAC Death Signal Bak Alternative exon, an GTGGGACGGCAGCTCGCCAT GGCCATGCTGGTAGACGTGT Transduction, extra exon between exons Death 4 and 5 Signal BCL2L1 Cryptic splicing, skip- GCAACCGGGAGCTGGTGGTTG CTGGTCATTTCCGACTGAAGAGT Transduction, ping of 3′ part of exon ACT Death 1 Signal Casp2 Exon skipping + cryptic GTGGAACTCCTCAACTTGCTG GGTCAACCCCACGATCAGTCTCA Transduction, splicing, skipping of Death part of exon 3, exon 4 entirely and part of exon 5 Other SUMF2 Exon skipping, exon 4 GAGGCGACAGTGAAACCCTTTG GTGCTCCAGTCTCTCTCGGATG spliced out. Other G2AN Exon skipping + cryptic TTGGTCCTGATTCCCTCACGG as1 CCCATATGCTACCAAGCGTGAG splicing, exon 6 is as2 CTGGAAGGTAGGAGAGCTGTCTG spliced out, exon 7 uses different splice acceptor. Other HCCR1 Exon skipping, exons 3-6 CCATCGTTTCTTGGGTCGTC GGTAGTTGGTGGAGAGCAGG spliced out. Other asns Cryptic splicing, alter- CAACAGTTCGTGCTTCAGTAGG GGTGGCAGAGACAAGTAATAGG native splice acceptor in exon 4, leading to an extended exon. Signal HSACP1 Alternative exon, ad- TCCGTGCTGTTTGTGTGTCTGG GCTTTATGGGCTGTGTGAATGCC Transduction ditional exon inserted after exon 2. Other C20orf45 Exon skipping, exon 3 GTGTGGTTGGAGTTGATGTGTT CTGCTGCCATTGGAGTCCTTATG spliced out GG Signal macropain Exon skipping, exons GAAGCCAGTCCAGAGCCTAAG AGCCAATGACAGGAAGTGTG Transduction 6-17 spliced out. G Signal spi2 Exon skipping, exon 2 TGAGGAGCAGACCCAGGCAT CTTCTGGGAGCACTTGGGACAG Transduction deleted Other TCOF1 Exon skipping, exon 21 GACTCCTGGCATCAGAACCA CCCTTCACCATCTTCCTCACTC spliced out Other CIB1 Intron retention, dif- GGCGAGGACACACGGCTTAG AACACAAACGGAGCAATGAC ference in 3′UTR (retained intron) Other TROAP Intron retention, intron s1 as1 TCAGGCTGGTGGTTGCTGGA; retained in the last CCAGAGGAGTGCGGGGAACC; as2 CGAACACCCTGGACCCTCTG exon. s2 ACGCCTTTCCCCACTGTTAC Other PARVA Exon skipping, exon 8 GATGTGTTGGTTGGAGAAAG CTTGGATTTGCCGAGACTGG skipping Other ILK Alternative exon, ad- s1 as1 ditional exon (exon 3a) GCCTGGAGCCCGCCGAGAAC; GCTGGGGATGTAGCCTGTCTG; s2 as2 GGCGGCTTCTACATCACCTC ACCACAGCATACAACTGCAC Signal ITGA7 Intron retention, intron GGTCCACGCCCGCTTCTGTA TGACCTGGGCACCTCTCTTC Transduction 16 retained. Signal ITGA5 Exon skipping, exon 8 TTGGGATTTGGGTCTTTTGT GCAAGGCAAGGGATGGATAG Transduction skipping Growth factor/ NCAM Exon skipping, exons 17 GAACGGAGGAGGAGAGGACC TAGTGGTGACGGTGGTGACAG Receptor and 18 deleted Other ZD52F10 Alternative exon, alter- ATGCGTATCCCACTGCCTATGG AAGATGCTGGTGTATGTGACGAGG native use of exon 2 Signal Diablo Alternative exon + exon CAATGGCGGCTCTGAAGAGTTG CCTGGCGGTTATAGAGGCCT Transduction, skipping, alternative G Death exon 2 and exon 3 skipping Signal CASP8 Exon skipping + alter- GGCAGGGCTCAAATTTCTGCCT GATTGTTGATGATCAGACAGTATCC Transduction, native exon, exon 4 and ACA Death exon 8 skipping, exon 7 inclusion Signal Casp3 Exon skipping, exon2 GTGCTATTGTGAGGCGGTTGTA GACTGGATGAACCAGGAGCCA Transduction, skipping, exon 7 G Death skipping. Signal RON Exon skipping, exon 5, GGCTCCTGGCAACAGGACCAC TTCTCCGTGGTAGACAACTCC Transduction exon 6 and exon 11 TG deleted. Other CD82 Exon skipping, exon 9 GCGTGGGGGCAGTCACTATGC GGGGACCTTGCTGTAGTCTTCGGA deleted TCA Other MUC2 Cryptic splicing, skip- CCCCTACTACCCCATGCGTGCC GGTGTCGTTCAGGACACAGC ping of 3′ part of Exon TC 30 Signal RIOK1 Cryptic splicing, GGGCAATTCGACGACGCGGAC CATTCTTGTTCTGGGATCCAAC Transduction cryptic splicing of exon T 3 Other RHAMM Exon skipping, exon 4 CTGGAGCTGGCCGTCAACATGT CCAACTCAGTTTCCAGATCCTGG spliced out Other DDR1a Alternative exon + exon GGGTCTGGCCAGGCTATGACTA GAGGTCGCCGTTCTCCATGTAGTC skipping, alternative 5′ exons and skipping of exon 11 Growth factor/ TNFRSF10B Cryptic splicing, CCCCAAGACCCTTGTGCTCGTT GCAAAGTCATCGAAGCACTGTC Receptor cryptic splicing in exon GT 5 Other CSE1L Alternative exon, an CCCGAAGATGATACCATTCCTG GCAGTGTCACACTGGCTGCC extra exon (25 bp) in- serted before last exon Other MLH1 Exon skipping, exon 12 CTACTCAGTGAAGAAGTGCAT CGGGAATCATCTTCCACCAT skipping Other MSH2 Exon skipping, skipping CCCAGGGGGTGATCAAGTACAT GAGTGTCTGCATTGGTTCTACAT of exons 2-8 GG Signal CCND1 Exon skipping, G to A GGAAGATCGTCGCCACCTGGAT GGCATTTCCGTGGCACTAGGTGTCT Transduction polymorphism in the end of exon 4 results in intron 4 retention and exon 5 skipping Growth factor/ GHRHR Exon skipping, skipping CCTCTTTGTGAAGAGATGGCAC GCCACTTCCGTGAGATCTCAGT Receptor of exons 2, 3, 4 C Signal PTPN18 Exon skipping, skipping GCCGCTCTACAGCAAGGTGAC CCTGGCTGTCCAGCTAGCAGAGA Transduction of an exon in 3′ UTR, protein sequence does not change Signal ASC Exon skipping, exon 2 CCGCCGAGGAGCTCAAGAAGT GGAGCAAGTCCTTGCAGGTCCA Transduction skipping TC Signal BCL2L12 Exon skipping, exon 6 GGGTCTCCTGTTCCAACTCCAC CCAATGGCAAGTTCAAGTCCAC Transduction, skipping CTA Death Signal NEK3 Exon skipping, exon 14 GCTCGGCTTGTCCAGAAGTGCT CGGGGTTGTCATCTTCCTCCT Transduction spliced out TA Signal Neu1 Exon skipping, exon 2 CCATGGGTAACAACTTCTCCAG GGGCTAGGAGCTGCGGTAGGTCTTG Transduction and 3 skipping (564 TAT nucleotides)

TABLE 5: Non-basal Transcription Modulator Splice Variants SYMBOL GENE ID SPLICE TYPE SRrp35 135295 asv1, Exon 2 (107 nt) deleted, replaced with new exon 2 (347 nt) just downstream in the same intron; net change of +240 nt SFRS14 10147 asv1, Extra 93 nt exon between exons 10 and 11 SFRS14 10147 asv2, First: Extra 93 nt exon between exons 10 and 11, Second: intron 9 looks unspliced but clone is incomplete; Results in additional 760 nts PRPF8 10594 asv1, Intron 31 unspliced, results in 292 nt increase PRPF8 10594 asv2, intron 31 unspliced, exon 33 has deletion SR-A1 58506 asv1, 81 nt deletion in exon 6 SR-A1 58506 asv2, unspliced intron 3 (323 nt increase) SFRS12 140890 asv1, exon 9 missing PRPF4 9128 asv1, intron 4 unspliced PRPF4 9128 asv2, intron 11 unspliced PRPF31 26121 asv1, intron 12 unspliced PRPF31 26121 asv2, introns 10 and 12 unspliced SF4 57794 asv1, SF4; unique exon 5 SFRS1 6426 asv1, intron 3 unspliced SFRS1 6426 asv2, exon 1 extended 5′ SRPK1 6732 asv1, exon 10 missing SFRS3 6428 asv1, extra exon between exons 3 and 5

Also preferred are combinations of the primers provided herein with those disclosed in PCT/US03/41253 for the detection of tumor-specific/enriched splice variants of NRSF, MDM2, TSG, RREB, ZNF207, TTF-1, GTFIIIA, HES-6, HRY, Msx2, Neu, NeuroD1, Mash-1, and Irx2. Particularly preferred tumor-specific/enriched splice variants disclosed in PCT/US03/41253 are the novel tumor-specific/enriched splice variants of Neu, NeuroD1, Mash-1, and Irx2 disclosed in FIGS. 4-7 of PCT/US03/41253

Additionally, with respect to mRNA detection, oligonucleotide probes that hybridize to sequence not present in a wildtype transcript may be used to selectively detect expression of a splice variant of a transcription modulator. Such an approach is possible where alternative splicing generates a splice variant that contains a sequence insertion that is not present in the wildtype isoform of the transcription modulator. Such oligonucleotide probes are well suited for use in an array. An array may contain a plurality of such splice-variant specific oligonucleotide probes, and may contain probes for additional factors whose expression determination is of use in cancer diagnosis or prognosis, or provides relevant pharmacogenetic information, for example, how a patient will metabolize a particular drug.

The formation and use of nucleic acid arrays is well known in the art. For example, see Current Protocols in Molecular Biology, Greene Pub. Associates and Wiley-Interscience; New York; Eds. Ausubel et al., 1988/April 2003, Chapter 22, Nucleic Acid Arrays.

Preferred splice variants include those comprising the partial sequences set forth below. The partial sequences provided highlight the sequence variation in these preferred splice variants. It will be understood that minor sequence variations due to sequencing errors may be present.

TATA Associated Factors (TAFs) wildtype TAF 2 = NM_003184 TAF2 ASV1 Novel exon (nt 1462-1627) following exon 9. Truncated protein of 522 amino acids long. TTTGGTGTTAATGAGTACCGCCATTGGATTAAAGAGTGTCTTCCTTCTCAGGTGGAAGAATTGCAGCCTTTCATA TCTTCATTAAACAAACCTTATCATCTTCCCCGTATTCTCATTTTACATATTATTATCATCCAAGAGTAAACTCAA GTAAGCCAAAAAGTTAATTTTCGAAGACTTCAAACACCTAGAGCTATTAAGGAGCTAGACAAAATAGTGGCATAT TATA Associated Factors (TAFs) wildtype TAF 2 = NM_003184 TAF2 ASV2 Novel exon similar to ASV1 but 13 nucleotides shorter (1462-1614) after exon 9. Truncated protein 408 amino acids long. TTTGGTGTTAATGAGTACCGCCATTGGATTAAAGAGAGGTGGAAGAATTGCAGCCTTTCATATCTTCATTAAACA AACCTTATCATCTTCCCCGTATTCTCATTTTACATATTATTATCATCCAAGAGTAAACTCAAGTAAGCCAAAAAG TTAATTTTCGAAGACTTCAAACACCTAGAGCTATTAAGGAGCTAGACAAAATAGTGGCATATGAACTAAAAACTG TATA Associated Factors (TAFs) wildtype TAF4 = NM_003185 TAF4 ASV1 has exons 6-9 (nt. 1880-2480) spliced out. Truncated protein 628 amino acids long. TTAATAAAACTGGCTTCATCTGGCAAGCAGTCTACAGAGACAGCAGCTAATGTGAAAGAGCTCGTGCAGAATTTA CTGG----------------------------------------------------------------- GACGATGATGACATTAATGATGTTGCATCGATGGCTGGAGTAAACTTGTCAGAAGAAAGTGCAAGAATATTAGCC TATA Associated Factors (TAFs) wildtype TAF4 = NM_003185 TAF4 ASV2, exon 7 (1969-2217) spliced out. Truncated protein 1000 amino acids long (aa 656-739 out) CTGGATGGAAAAATAGAAGCAGAAGATTTCACAAGCAGGTTATACCGAGAACTTAATTCTTCACCTCAACCTTAC CTTGTGCCTTTCCTGAAG------------------------------------------------ GTCATCCAGCAGCCTCCGAAGCCAGGAGCCCTGATCCGGCCCCCGCAGGTGACGTTGACGCAGACACCCATGGTC TATA Associated Factors (TAFs) wildtype TAF4 = NM_003185 TAF4 ASV3, exons 6, 7 spliced out see FIG. X TATA Associated Factors (TAFs) wildtype TAF4 = NM_003185 TAF4 ASV4, part of exon 7, 8 spliced out see FIG. X TATA Associated Factors (TAFs) wildtype TAF4 = NM_003185 TAF4 ASV5, deletion in exon 1 (65-1355) see FIG. X TATA Associated Factors (TAFs) wildtype TAF4 = NM_003185 TAF4 ASV6, combination of ASV2 and ASV5 TATA Associated Factors (TAFs) wildtype TAF6L = NM_006473 TAF6 ASV1, unspliced intron between exons 5 and 6 see FIG. X TATA Associated Factors (TAFs) wildtype TAF6L = NM_006473 TAF6 ASV2, unspliced intron between exons 5 and 6 see FIG. X TATA Associated Factors (TAFs) wildtype TAF6L = NM_006473 TAF6 ASV3, Exon 1 extended 3′ by 116 nt gagtgtgagctcgtgagtgggcgccgccgccaccgcccccgccgccgtcgtctcggtagcagccttcgccacgcc ggggtcttcaggtgagcaggccttgctctggtccaaggactccccattcccgacgccgactgcttactcaccagt cttggagcccgcaccgcgagggcccgcccccttggctgaccacgtgacccaactccactggggccatgtcagagc gagaagagcggcggtttgtggagatccctcgggagtctgtccggctcatggcggagagcacgggcctggagctga gcgatgaggtggcggcgctgctcgcagaggacgtgtgctatcgtctgagagaggccacgcagaatagctctcagt tcatgaagcacaccaaacgccggaagctgacggttgaggacttcaacagggccctcagatggagcagcgtggagg ctgtgtgtggttacggatcacaggaggcactgcccatgcgccccgccagggagggtgaactctactttcctgagg atcgagaggtgaacctggtggagctggccctggctaccaacatccccaaaggctgtgctgagacagctgtcagag ttcatgtctcctacctggatggcaaagggaacctggcacctcaaggatcggtgcccagtgctgtgtcttcactga cagatgaccttctcaagtactatcaccaggtgactcgtgctgtgctaggggatgatccgcaactgatgaaggttg cactccaggacttgcagacgaactccaagattggggcactcctgccttactttgtttatgtggtcagtggggtga aatctgtaagccatgacctggagcaactgcaccggctgctgcaggtggcacggagcctatttcgtaatccgcacc tgtgcttggggccctatgtccgctgtctggtgggcagtgtcctctactgtgtcctggagccac TATA Associated Factors (TAFs) wildtype TAF6L = NM_006473 TAF6 ASV4, Unspliced intron between exons 5 and 6, results in additional 533 nts gagtgtgagctcgtgagtgggcgccgccgccaccgcccccgccgccgtcgtctcggtagcagccttcgccacgcc ggggtcttcagctccactggggccatgtcagagcgagaagagcggcggtttgtggagatccctcgggagtctgtc cggctcatggcggagagcacgggcctggagctgagcgatgaggtggcggcgctgctcgcagaggacgtgtgctat cgtctgagagaggccacgcagaatagctctcagttcatgaagcacaccaaacgccggaagctgacggttgaggac ttcaacagggccctcagatggagcagcgtggaggctgtgtgtggttacggatcacaggaggcactgcccatgcgc cccgccagggagggtgaactctactttcctgaggatcgagaggtgaacctggtggagctggccctggctaccaac atccccaaaggctgtgctgagacagctgtcagagttcatgtctcctacctggatggcaaagggaacctggcacct caaggatcgggtaaggggtgatgtaggaaacaggctctttggatgaattttctcccttaggttctgagggtggtg cctatgtgcccccgagtctgcgtctaacatgtgtttacccatgcctgccttgtgccatggtctgagtgggcgctg ggctctgcatggagggctcagagttggagatgggggcccagacctgtaactagtcataatgcagcatgttggatg ctaagacagaagtctgggcagcatgctggggcggtgtttcacccccagggtatgctgagcagagcttcacagagc ctgaagctctcaggagtccgtctggcagagggtgggtggaagacaggacagagcacagaggtgtgcagagcctag atggtcagggctgagcaggctctaagagcagtctcttgccctggttgtcctgtcagaaaggcttcttgtggatgt gtgtggggatggtggttgagggggaggaggctggagaggccaggagagggccagctctccacctgtccctgcttc ctgcctgtcctctggcagtgcccagtgctgtgtcttcactgacagatgaccttctcaagtactatcaccaggtga ctcgtgctgtgctaggggatgatccgcaactgatgaaggttgcactccaggacttgcagacgaactccaagattg gggcactcctgccttactttgtttatgtggtcagtggggtgaaatctgtaagccatgacctggagcaactgcacc ggctgctgcaggtggcacggagcctatttcgtaatccgcacctgtgcttggggccctatgtccgctgtctggtgg gcagtgtcctctactgtgtcctggagccac TATA Associated Factors (TAFs) wildtype TAF6L = NM_006473 TAF6 ASV5, Exons 6 and 7 spliced out, net loss of 169 nt gagtgtgagctcgtgagtgggcgccgccgccaccgcccccgccgccgtcgtctcggtagcagccttcgccacgcc ggggtcttcagctccactggggccatgtcagagcgagaagagcggcggtttgtggagatccctcgggagtctgtc cggctcatggcggagagcacgggcctggagctgagcgatgaggtggcggcgctgctcgcagaggacgtgtgctat cgtctgagagaggccacgcagaatagctctcagttcatgaagcacaccaaacgccggaagctgacggttgaggac ttcaacagggccctcagatggagcagcgtggaggctgtgtgtggttacggatcacaggaggcactgcccatgcgc cccgccagggagggtgaactctactttcctgaggatcgagaggtgaacctggtggagctggccctggctaccaac atccccaaaggctgtgctgagacagctgtcagagttcatgtctcctacctggatggcaaagggaacctggcacct caaggatcggggtgaaatctgtaagccatgacctggagcaactgcaccggctgctgcaggtggcacggagcctat ttcgtaatccgcacctgtgcttggggccctatgtccgctgtctggtgggcagtgtcctctactgtgtcctggagc cac TATA Associated Factors (TAFs) wildtype TAF6L = NM_006473 TAF6 ASV6, Exon 4 truncated on 3′ end, loss of 67 nt (alternate 5′ splice site) gagtgtgagctcgtgagtgggcgccgccgccaccgcccccgccgccgtcgtctcggtagcagccttcgccacgcc ggggtcttcagctccactggggccatgtcagagcgagaagagcggcggtttgtggagatccctcgggagtctgtc cggctcatggcggagagcacgggcctggagctgagcgatgaggtggcggcgctgctcgcagaggacgtgtgctat cgtctgagagaggccacgcagaatagctctcagttcatgaagcacaccaaacgccggaagctgacggttgaggac ttcaacagggccctcagatggagcagcgtggaggctgtgtgtggttacggatcacaggaggcactgcccatgcgc cccgccagggagggtgaactctactttcctgaggatcgagagttcatgtctcctacctggatggcaaagggaacc tggcacctcaaggatcggtgcccagtgctgtgtcttcactgacagatgaccttctcaagtactatcaccaggtga ctcgtgctgtgctaggggatgatccgcaactgatgaaggttgcactccaggacttgcagacgaactccaagattg gggcactcctgccttactttgtttatgtggtcagtggggtgaaatctgtaagccatgacctggagcaactgcacc ggctgctgcaggtggcacggagcctatttcgtaatccgcacctgtgcttggggccctatgtccgctgtctggtgg gcagtgtcctctactgtgtcctggagccac TATA Associated Factors (TAFs) wildtype TAF7L = NM_024885 TAF7L ASV1 a novel exon between exons 8 and 9 , new protein 375 amino acids long. ATTTTTGATATCCTCGGGAATGAGCAGCCACAAGCAGGGTCATACCTCGTCAGAATATGATATGCTTCGGGAGAT GTTCAGTGATTCTAGAAGTAACAATGATGATGATGAGGATGAGGATGATGAAGATGAGGATGAGGATGAGGATGA AGATGAAGACAAAGAAGAGGAGGAGGAAGATTGTTCTGAAGAGTATCTGGAAAGGCAGCTGCAGGCCGAGTTTAT TGAATCTGGCCAGTATAGGGCAAATGAAGGTACCAGTTCAATAGTCATGGAAATTCAGAAGCAGATTGAGAAAAA TATA Associated Factors (TAFs) wildtype TAF8 = NM_138572 TAF8 ASV1, exons 6-8 spliced out see FIG. X TATA Associated Factors (TAFs) wildtype TAF8 = NM_138572 TAF8 ASV2, different exons after 7, 9 is similar see FIG. X TATA Associated Factors (TAFs) wildtype TAF8 = NM_138572 TAF8 ASV3, exons 5 and 6 spliced out see FIG. X TATA Associated Factors (TAFs) wildtype TAF10 NM_006284 TAF10 ASV1 intronic sequence 3′ from exon 2 (unspliced, 413-622). Truncated protein 138 amino acids long. GGACTTCTTGATGCAGCTGGAAGATTACACGCCTACGGTGGGCTTCCGCCCGAACAAGGCCACCTAGCCTGCTGT CAAAACTTTCAGCCACATCGTGCTTTTCAGCGTTCTCTTCCATTTGCTCCCCTAGTCGCTCTTCTGTGTTTGCCC TCTGCTCACCCAAACTGTGAGCTTCCTGATAATCAGGCCTATCCATTTCCCTCACCCTCCTCCCGCTCTGCTGAC AGTTCTCTTAATTGATTTCTCAGATCCCAGATGCAGTGACTGGTTACTACCTGAACCGTGCTGGCTTTGAGGCCT TATA Associated Factors (TAFs) wildtype TAF10 = NM_006284 TAF10 ASV2 intronic sequence 3′ from exon 4 (593-767) Truncated protein 190 amino acids long CAATGATGCCCTACAGCACTGCAAAATGAAGGGCACGGCCTCCGGCAGCTCCCGGAGCAAGAGCAAGGTGTGAGG GGAGGCTTAATGAATCAGTAATTACCTTCCACAACAGTGGAGGCTTATCCTGCCACCCCTTTCGGGAAACTGAAT CGTAGGGGAGGTGTAAGACTTACTCAGGGTCACCCATCTGGGATTGAAGTCCGGGATTCCTGTGCTCAGTTGGTG CTCTTCCCTCTTCCCTCAGGACCGCAAGTACACTCTAACCATGGAGGACTTGACCCCTGCCCTCAGCGAGTATGG TATA Associated Factors (TAFs) wildtype TAF10 = NM_006284 TAF10 ASV3 intronic sequences 3′ of exons 2 and 4 GGACTTCTTGATGCAGCTGGAAGATTACACGCCTACGGTGGGCTTCCGCCCGAACAAGGCCACCTAGCCTGCTGA CAAAACTTTCAGCCACATCGTGCTTTTCAGCGTTCTCTTCCATTTGCTCCCCTAGTCGCTCTTCTGTGTTTGCCC TCTGCTCACCCAAACTGTGAGCTTCCTGATAATCAGGCCTATCCATTTCCCTCACCCTCCTCCCGCTCTGCTGAC AGTTCTCTTAATTGATTTCTCAGATCCCAGATGCAGTGACTGGTTACTACCTGAACCGTGCTGGCTTTGAGGCCT CAGACCCACGCATGTGAGTAAACCCAGGGCAGGTTAGTTTTGGGTGCTTGTGCAGTATGTTGTCCATCTCCTTCT CATCTAAGTTTTTTCTCTCTAGAATTCGGCTCATCTCCTTAGCTGCCCAGAAATTCATCTCAGATATTGCCAATG TATA Associated Factors (TAFs) wildtype TAF10 = NM_006284 TAF10 ASV4, intron after exon 2 see FIG. X TATA Associated Factors (TAFs) wildtype TAF10 = NM_006284 TAF10ASV5, Intron 2 unspliced (211 nt addition) ggccatatctaacggggtttacgtactgccgagcgcggccaacggagacgtgaagcccgtggtgtccagcacgcc tttggtggacttcttgatgcagctggaagattacacgcctacggtgggcttccgcccgaacaaggccacctagcc tgctgtcaaaactttcagccacatcgtgcttttcagcgttctcttccatttgctcccctagtcgctcttctgtgt ttgccctctgctcacccaaactgtgagcttcctgataatcaggcctatccatttccctcaccctcctcccgctct gctgacagttctcttaattgatttctcagatcccagatgcagtgactggttactacctgaaccgtgctggctttg aggcctcagacccacgcataattcggctcatctccttagctgcccagaaattcatctcagatattgccaatgatg ccctacagcactgcaaaatgaagggcacggcctccggcagctcccggagcaagagcaaggaccgcaagtacactc taaccatggaggacttgacccctgccctcagcgagtatggcatcaatgtgaagaagccgcactacttcacctgag ccacccaacctaaatgtacttatctgtccccatgtccc TATA Associated Factors (TAFs) wildtype TAF15 = NM_139215 TAF15 ASV1, exon 15 spliced out, results in 485 amino acid protein that has different COOH terminus. GAAGGAATTCCTGCAATCAGTGCAATGAGCCTAGACCAGAGGACTCTCGTCCCTCAGGAGGA------------- --------------------- GAAACGACTACAGAAATGATCAGCGCAACCGACCATACTGATGACTGTTTTGAATGTTCCTTTGTCTCTGACATG TATA Associated Factors (TAFs) wildtype TAF15 = NM_139215 TAF15 ASV2, Middle of exon 15 spliced out/deleted, loss of 465 nt ttgatgaccctccttcagctaaggcagccattgactggtttgatggaaaagaattccatggcaacatcattaaag tgtcctttgccactagaagacctgaattcatgagaggaggtggaagtggaggtgggcggcgaggccgtggaggat atagaggtcgtggaggctttcaagggagaggtggagaccccaaaagtggggattgggtttgccctaatccgtcat gcggaaatatgaactttgctcgaaggaattcctgcaatcagtgcaatgagcctagaccagaggactctcgtccct caggaggagatttccgggggagaggctacggtggagagaggggctacagaggtcgtgggggcagaggtggagacc gaggtggctatggaggcaaaatgggaggaagaaacgactacagaaatgatcagcgcaaccgaccatactgatgac tgttttgaatgttcctttgtctctgacatgatccatagtgaaattgccagagttttgc SMARC family (synonyms SWI/SNF; BAF; BRM; BRG) wildtype SMARCA1 = NM_003069 SMARCA1 ASV1, exon 13 spliced out. Results in 1043 amino acid protein, amino acids 543-554 are missing. AGATTATTGCATGTGGCGTGGTTATGAGTATTGTCGACTGGATGGACAAACCCCGCATGAAGAAAGAGAG----- --- GAGGAAGCAATAGAGGCTTTTAATGCTCCTAATAGTAGCAAATTCATCTTTATGCTAAGTACCAGGGCTGGAGGT SMARC family (synonyms SWI/SNF; BAF; BRM; BRG) wildtype SMARCA2 = NM_003070 SMARCA2 ASV1. Exon 29 (nt 4287-4339) spliced out. Protein 1568 amino acids, lacks amino acids 1396-1412 CCCGCTGAGAAACTGTCACCAAATCCCCCCAAACTGACAAAGCAGATGAACGCTATCATCGATACTGTGATAAAC TACAAAGATAG---------------------------------- TTCAGGGCGACAGCTCAGTGAAGTCTTCATTCAGTTACCTTCAAGGAAAGAATTACCAGAATACTATGAATTAAT SMARC family (synonyms SWI/SNF; BAF; BRM; BRG) wildtype SMARCA4 = NM_003072 SMARCA4 ASV1 Exon 27 is spliced out (nt 4051-4149). Protein 1614 amino acids, lacks amino acids 1259-1290. TTCGACCAGAAGTCCTCCAGCCATGAGCGGCGCGCCTTCCTGCAGGCCATCCTGGAGCACGAGGAGCAGGATGAG ------------------------------------------------------ GAGGAAGACGAGGTGCCCGACGACGAGACCGTCAACCAGATGATCGCCCGGCACGAGGAGGAGTTTGATCTGTTC SMARC family (synonyms SWI/SNF; BAF; BRM; BRG) wildtype SMARCA5 = NM_003601 SMARCA5 ASV1, exons 1-3 partially spliced out (222-794) see FIG. X SMARC family (synonyms SWI/SNF; BAF; BRM; BRG) wildtype SMARCA5 = NM_003601 SMARCA5 ASV2, deletion in exon1 (nt 235-640) see FIG. X SMARC family (synonyms SWI/SNF; BAF; BRM; BRG) wildtype SMARCA5 = NM_003601 SMARCA5 ASV3, alt. exon 1 gttttcccagcctcagtctctctttcgttttccttttcccttcccccaaccctccgcccttctctaaatcagccg gccttccttgacctcagtgacccgtctggccccgcccaccctcgtcgacgtgattcccgccgtgaggaaatattt gatgatgcgtcacctggaaagcaaaaggaaatccaagaaccagatcctacctatgaagaaaaaatgcaaactgac cgggcaaatagattcgagtatttattaaagcagacagaactttttgcacatttcattcaacctgctgctcagaag actccaacttcacctttgaagatgaaaccagggcgcccacgaataaaaaaagatgagaagcagaacttactatcc gttggcgattaccgacaccgtagaacagagcaagaggaggatgaagagctattaacagaaagctccaaagcaacc aatgtttgcactcgatttgaagactctccatcgtatgtaaaatggggtaaactgagagattatcaggtccgagga ttaaactggctcatttctttgtatgagaatggcatcaatggtatccttgcagatgaaatgggcctaggaaagact cttcaaacaatttctcttcttgggtacatgaaacattatagaaacattcctgggcctcatatggttttggttcct aagtctacattacacaactggatgagtgaattcaagagatgggtaccaacacttagatctgtttgtttgatagga gataaagaacaaagagctgcttttgtcagagacgttttattaccgggagaatggg SMARC family (synonyms SWI/SNF; BAF; BRM; BRG) wildtype SMARCB1 = NM_003073 SMARCB1 ASV1 deletion in exon 3 (nt 355-378). Protein 376 amino acids, lacks amino acids 69-76) AGGCGACTAGCCACTGTGGAAGAGAGGAAGAAAATAGTTGCATCGTCACATGAT------ CACGGATACACGACTCTAGCCACCAGTGTGACCCTGTTAAAAGCCTCGGAAGTGGAAGAGATTCTGGATGGCAAC SMARC family (synonyms SWI/SNF; BAF; BRM; BRG) wildtype SMARCC2 = NM_003075 SMARCC2 ASV1 deletion in exon 27 nt 3255-3600. Protein truncated at COOH terminal end, 1099 amino acids, lacks amino acids 1075-1189. TGCCAGGCAGCGGGCACCCAGGCGTGGCG---------------------------------------------- ------------ GACCCAGGCACCCCCCTGCCTCCAGACCCCACAGCCCCGAGCCCAGGCACGGTCACCCCTGTGCCACCTCCACAG SMARC family (synonyms SWI/SNF; BAF; BRM; BRG) wildtype SMARCC2 = NM_003075 SMARCC2 ASV2 deletion in exon 27 (nt 3255-3531). Protein 1121 amino acids, lacks amino acids 1075-1166. TTCCCCCCCCTGGACCCCATGGCCCCTCACCGTTCCCCAACCAACAAACTCCTCCCTCAATGATGCCAGGGGCAG TGCCAGGCAGCGGGCACCCAGGCGTGGCG---------------------------------------------- ------------ GCCCAAAGCCCTGCCATTGTGGCAGCTGTTCAGGGCAACCTCCTGCCCAGTGCCAGCCCACTGCCAGACCCAGGC SMARC family (synonyms SWI/SNF; BAF; BRM; BRG) wildtype SMARCC2 = NM_003075 SMARCC2 ASV3 novel exon between exons 17 and 18 from nt 1682. Protein 1245 amino acids. ATGCTGAGAGTCGACCAACCCCAATGGGGCCTCCGCCTACCTCTCACTTCCATGTCTTGGCTGACACACCATCAG GGCTGGTGCCTCTGCAGCCCAAGACACCTCAGGGCCGCCAGGTTGATGCTGATACCAAGGCTGGGCGAAAGGGCA AAGAGCTGGATGACCTGGTGCCAGAGACGGCTAAGGGCAAGCCAGAGCTGCAGACCTCTGCTTCCCAACAAATGC TCAACTTTCCTGACAAAGGCAAAGAGAAACCAACAGACATGCAAAACTTTGGGCTGCGCACAGACATGTACACAA SMARC family (synonyms SWI/SNF; BAF; BRM; BRG) wildtype SMARCC2 = NM_003075 SMARCC2 ASV4, extra exon after 17 and deletion exon 27 see FIG. X SMARC family (synonyms SWI/SNF; BAF; BRM; BRG) wildtype SMARCC2 = NM_003075 SMARCC2 ASV5, deleted seq. in penultimate exon or extra exon after penultimate exon, depending on context cacttggctgctgttgaggaaaggaagatcaaatctttggtggccctgctggtggagacccagatgaaaaagttg gagatcaaacttcggcactttgaggagctggagactatcatggaccgggagcgagaagcactggagtatcagagg cagcagctcctggccgacagacaagccttccacatggagcagctgaagtatgcggagatgagggctcggcagcag cacttccaacagatgcaccaacagcagcagcagccaccaccagccctgcccccaggctcccagcctatcccccca acaggggctgctgggccacccgcagtccatggcttggctgtggctccagcctctgtagtccctgctcctgctggc agtggggcccctccaggaagtttgggcccttctgaacagattgggcaggcagggtcaactgcagggccacagcag cagcaaccagctggagccccccagcctggggcagtcccaccaggggttcccccccctggaccccatggcccctca ccgttccccaaccaacaaactcctccctcaatgatgccaggggcagtgccaggcagcgggcacccaggcgtggcg gcccaaagccctgccattgtggcagctgttcagggcaacctcctgcccagtgccagcccactgccagacccaggc acccccctgcctccagaccccacagccccgagcccaggcacggtcacccctgtgccacctccacagtgaggagcc agccagacatct SMARC family (synonyms SWI/SNF; BAF; BRM; BRG) wildtype SMARCD3 = NM_003078 SMARCD3 ASV1 exon 3 spliced out. Results in 22 amino acid short protein or if reading frame shift then new 383 amino acids long protein GCCCTTGGTGCTGCAGGCGCGGTGGGCTCCGGGCCCAGGCACCGAGGGGGCACTGGATGACTCTCCAGGTGCAGG ACCCTGCCATCTATGACTCCAGGTCTTCAGCACCCACCCACCGTGGTACAG--------------- CAGTGCCAAGAGGAGGAAGATGGCTGACAAAATCCTCCCTCAAAGGATTCGGGAGCTGGTCCCCGAGTCCCAGGC SMARC family (synonyms SWI/SNF; BAF; BRM; BRG) wildtype SMARCD3 = NM_003078 SMARCD3 ASV2 exons 3, 4, 5 are spliced out (202-579). Protein 343 amino acids lacking amino acids 14-138 GCCCTTGGTGCTGCAGGCGCGGTGGGCTCCGGGCCCAGGCACCGAGGGGGCACTGGATGACTCTCCAGGTGCAGG ACCCTGCCATCTATGACTCCAGGTCTTCAGCACCCACCCACCGTGGTACAG--------------- CAAAAGCGGAAGCTGCGACTCTATATCTCCAACACTTTTAACCCTGCGAAGCCTGATGCTGAGGATTCCGACGGC NCOA family (SRC; NcoA) wildtype NCOA2 = NM_006540 NCOA2 ASV1 exon 13 spliced out (nt 2768-2974). Protein 1385 amino acids, lacks amino acids 868-937. ACAGCTGAAAACAGCCCTGTCACACCTGTTGGAGCCCAGAAAACAGCACTGCGAATTTCACAGAGCA-------- --------------------------------- GAATGATTGGTAACAGTGCTTCTCGGCCTACTATGCCATCTGGAGAATGGGCACCGCAGAGTTCGGCTGTGAGAG NCOA family (SRC; NcoA) wildtype NCOA2 = NM_006540 NCOA2 ASV2, Exons 12 and 13 spliced out, results in loss of 418 nt tagccagctctttgtcggatacaaacaaagactccacaggtagcttgcctggttctgggtctacacatggaacct cgctcaaggagaagcataaaattttgcacagactcttgcaggacagcagttcccctgtggacttggccaagttaa cagcagaagccacaggcaaagacctgagccaggagtccagcagcacagctcctggatcagaagtgactattaaac aagagccggtgagccccaagaagaaagagaatgcactacttcgctatttgctagataaagatgatactaaagata ttggtttaccagaaataacccccaaacttgagagactggacagtaagacagatcctgccagtaacacaaaattaa tagcaatgaaaactgagaaggaggagatgagctttgagcctggtgaccaggaatgattggtaacagtgcttctcg gcctactatgccatctggagaatgggcaccgcagagttcggctgtgagagtcacctgtgctgctaccaccagtgc catgaaccggccagtccaaggaggtatgattcggaacccagcagccagcatccccatgaggcccagcagccagcc tggccaaagacagacgcttcagtctcaggtcatgaatatagggccatctgaattagagatgaacatggggggacc tcagtatagccaacaacaagctcctccaaatcagactgccccatggcctgaaagcatcctgcctatagaccaggc gtcttttgccagccaaaacaggcagccatttggcagttctccagatgacttgctatgtccacatcctgcagctga gtctccgagtgatgagggagctctcct NCOA family (SRC; NcoA) wildtype NCOA2 = NM_006540 NCOA2 ASV3, Deletion from early in exon 12 to late in exon 14, exon 13 completely deleted, net loss of 442 nt tagccagctctttgtcggatacaaacaaagactccacaggtagcttgcctggttctgggtctacacatggaacct cgctcaaggagaagcataaaattttgcacagactcttgcaggacagcagttcccctgtggacttggccaagttaa cagcagaagccacaggcaaagacctgagccaggagtccagcagcacagctcctggatcagaagtgactattaaac aagagccggtgagccccaagaagaaagagaatgcactacttcgctatttgctagataaagatgatactaaagata ttggtttaccagaaataacccccaaacttgagagactggacagtaagacagatcctgccagtaacacaaaattaa tagcaatgaaaactgagaaggaggagatgagctttgagcctggtgaccagcctggcagtgagctggacaacttgg aggagattttggatgatttgcagaagtcacctgtgctgctaccaccagtgccatgaaccggccagtccaaggagg tatgattcggaacccagcagccagcatccccatgaggcccagcagccagcctggccaaagacagacgcttcagtc tcaggtcatgaatatagggccatctgaattagagatgaacatggggggacctcagtatagccaacaacaagctcc tccaaatcagactgccccatggcctgaaagcatcctgcctatagaccaggcgtcttttgccagccaaaacaggca gccatttggcagttctccagatgacttgctatgtccacatcctgcagctgagtctccgagtgatgagggagctct cct NCOA family (SRC; NcoA) wildtype NCOA3 = NM_181659 NCOA3 ASV1, 3145-(3950-3980) out in stretch of CAG see FIG. X NCOA family (SRC; NcoA) wildtype NCOA4 = NM_005437 NCOA4 ASV1 exon 8 is spliced out (nt. 855-1838). Protein 286 amino acids lacks amino acids 239-565. GGCTCCTTGGAAGCAAACCTGCCAGTGGTTATCAAGCTCCTTACATACCCAGCACCGACCCCCAGGACTGGCTTA CCCAAAAGCAGACCTTGGAGAACAGTCAG---------- GAAGTATTACTTAATTCACCTCTACAGGAGGAACATAACTTCCCCCCAGACCATTATGGCCTCCCTGCAGTTTGT NCOA family (SRC; NcoA) wildtype NCOA6 = NM_014071 NCOA6 ASV1 part of exon 8 is spliced out, nt 1851-1882. Truncated protein 568 amino acids. GCAGCCTGTCAGCTCTCCGGGTCGGAATCCTATGGTTCAACAGGGAAATGTGCCACCTAACTTCATGGTGATGCA GCAGCAACCACCAAACCAGGGGCCACAGAGTTTACATCCAGGCCTAGGAG---------------------- AGCAGGACAGGCCAATCCGAACTTTATGCAAGGTCAGGTGCCTTCGACCACAGCAACCACCCCTGGGAATTCAGG NCOA family (SRC; NcoA) wildtype NCOA7 = NM_181782 NCOA7 ASV1 exon 3 spliced out (nt 215-435). Protein 869 amino acids TTTGATTGTGTATTATGGATACCAAGGAAGAGAAGAAGGAACGGAAACAAAGTTATTTTGCTCG-- AGATGACAATCAAAACAAAACACATGATAAAAAAGAGAAGAAGATGGTGGTTCAGAAGCCCCATGGGACTATGGA TRAP100 wildtype = NM_014815 ASV1, new exon between exons 6 and 7 see FIG. X TRAP100 wildtype = NM_014815 ASV2, splicing inside exon 6 see FIG. X TRAP100 wildtype = NM_014815 ASV3, new exon after 4, and between 6 and 7 see FIG. X MED12 gene id: 9968 asv1, introns 8, 11 unspliced cagcaatctctgagaccaaggttaagaagagacatgttgaccctttcatggaatggactcagatcatcaccaagt acttatgggagcagttacagaagatggctgaatactaccggccagggcctgcaggaagtgggggctgtggttcca cgatagggcccttgccccatgatgtagaggtggcaatccggcagtgggattacaccgagaagctggccatgttca tgtttcaggatggaatgctggacagacatgagttcctgacctgggtgcttgagtgttttgagaagatccgccctg gagaggatgaattgcttaaactgctgctgcctctgcttctccgatactctggggaatttgttcagtctgcatacc tgtcccgccggcttgcctacttctgtacacggagactggccctgcagctggatggtgtgagcagtcactcatctc atgttatatctgctcagtcaacaagcacgctacccaccacccctgctcctcagcccccaactagcagcacaccct cgactccctttagtgacctgcttatgtgccctcagcaccggcccctggtttttggcctcagctgtatcctacaga ccatcctcctgtgctgtcctagtgccttggtttggcactactcactgactgatagcagaattaagaccggctcac cacttgaccacttgcctattgccccgtccaacctgcccatgccagagggtaacagtgccttcactcagcaggtat gtctgaccactagcctggtactctcagattgggctatgaggctaaattactctttcagaagtagtgatttggagt ctagtactattcttctagcctggggctctggccttttatatgccttggtacatccttgtagccttcctttttaac attgcaggtccgtgcaaagttgcgggagatcgagcagcagatcaaggagcggggacaggcagttgaagttcgctg gtctttcgataaatgccaggaagctactgcaggcttcaccattggacgggtacttcatactttggaagtgctgga cagccatagttttgaacgctctgacttcagcaactctcttgactccctttgtaaccgaatctttggattgggacc tagcaaggatgggcatgagatctcctcagatgatgatgctgtggtgtcattgctatgtgaatgggctgtcagctg caagcgttctggtcggcatcgtgctatggtggtagccaagctcctggagaagagacaggcggagattgaggctga ggttagagggcagagataagagaacaagattggccaatgggaaggaatttactgcggttggagaccgagagatgg aggtggtggagggaccagagttgaaggtgtgagaacagagtaaagaagcaaaagagaacctaaaggcaaagttac ggacgtgaggcgaaagtagagaagagtggattgtagtaagagttagagataacatcaaggcttcagttgggaggt ggtaaagaacatggaggtcagcaggggaatgaaagtgaaaagcatggggtagaggtcaagcaggtggtagtttaa ggcctacacattgaggagtgaagaagcaggtaaaagtcagttctacaatttgttctgtcatcttgcagcgttgtg gagaatcagaagccgcagatgagaagggttccatcgcctctggctccctttctgctcccagtgctcccattttcc aggatgtcctcctgcagtttctg MED12 gene id: 9968 asv2, intron 18 unspliced cagcaatctctgagaccaaggttaagaagagacatgttgaccctttcatggaatggactcagatcatcaccaagt acttatgggagcagttacagaagatggctgaatactaccggccagggcctgcaggaagtgggggctgtggttcca cgatagggcccttgccccatgatgtagaggtggcaatccggcagtgggattacaccgagaagctggccatgttca tgtttcaggatggaatgctggacagacatgagttcctgacctgggtgcttgagtgttttgagaagatccgccctg gagaggatgaattgcttaaactgctgctgcctctgcttctccgatactctggggaatttgttcagtctgcatacc tgtcccgccggcttgcctacttctgtacacggagactggccctgcagctggatggtgtgagcagtcactcatctc atgttatatctgctcagtcaacaagcacgctacccaccacccctgctcctcagcccccaactagcagcacaccct cgactccctttagtgacctgcttatgtgccctcagcaccggcccctggtttttggcctcagctgtatcctacaga ccatcctcctgtgctgtcctagtgccttggtttggcactactcactgactgatagcagaattaagaccggctcac cacttgaccacttgcctattgccccgtccaacctgcccatgccagagggtaacagtgccttcactcagcaggtcc gtgcaaagttgcgggagatcgagcagcagatcaaggagcggggacaggcagttgaagttcgctggtctttcgata aatgccaggaagctactgcaggcttcaccattggacgggtacttcatactttggaagtgctggacagccatagtt ttgaacgctctgacttcagcaactctcttgactccctttgtaaccgaatctttggattgggacctagcaaggatg ggcatgagatctcctcagatgatgatgctgtggtgtcattgctatgtgaatgggctgtcagctgcaagcgttctg gtcggcatcgtgctatggtggtagccaagctcctggagaagagacaggcggagattgaggctgagcgttgtggag aatcagaagccgcagatgagaagggttccatcgcctctggctccctttctgctcccagtgctcccattttccagg atgtcctcctgcagtttctggatacacaggctcccatgctgacggaccctcgaagtgagagtgagcgggtggaat tctttaacttagtactgctgttctgtgaactgattcgacatgatgttttctcccacaacatgtatacttgcactc tcatctcccgaggggaccttgcctttggagcccctggtccccggcctccctctccctttgatgatcctgccgatg acccagagcacaaggaggctgaaggcagcagcagcagcaagctggaagatccagggctctcagaatctatggaca ttgaccctagttccagtgttctctttgaggacatggagaagcctgatttctcattgttctcccctactatgccct gtgaggggaagggcagtccatcccctgagaagccagatgtcgagaaggaggtgaagcccccacccaaggagaaga ttgaagggacccttggggttctttacgaccagccacgacacgtgcagtacgccacccattttcccatcccccagg aggagtcatgcagccatgagtgcaaccagcggttggtcgtactgtttggggtgggaaagcagcgagatgatgccc gccatgccatcaagaaaatcaccaaggatatcttgaaggttctgaaccgcaaagggacagcagaaactgaccagc ttgctcctattgtgcctctgaatcctggagacctgacattcttaggtggggaggatgggcagaagcggcgacgca accggcctgaagccttccccactgctgaagatatctttgctaagttccagcacctttcacattatgaccaacacc aggtcacggctcaggtgtgggcctaagcccagcccctttcccacattctggcctcctgttctgttttccttttct tccctatcttctccctgctaggcaggctaagcctcctggtctcatccccttccagtgtcatcctttcctccttcc ctggttctttcctctctccactcccatctcactcccactgcccttatcaggtctcccggaatgttctggagcaga tcacgagctttgcccttggcatgtcataccacttgcctctggtgcagcatgtgcagttcatcttcgacctcatgg a MED12 gene id: 9968 asv3, Deletion from mid-exon 11 through mid-exon 19 tgatgatgctgtggtgtcattgctatgtgaatgggctgtcagctgcaagcgttctggtcggcatcgtgctatggt ggtagccaagctcctctggtgcagcatgtgcagttcatcttcgacctcatgga MED12 gene id: 9968 asv4, Intron 21 unspliced AND exon 22 truncated on 3′end by 31 nt (net increase of 394 nt) tgatgatgctgtggtgtcattgctatgtgaatgggctgtcagctgcaagcgttctggtcggcatcgtgctatggt ggtagccaagctcctggagaagagacaggcggagattgaggctgagcgttgtggagaatcagaagccgcagatga gaagggttccatcgcctctggctccctttctgctcccagtgctcccattttccaggatgtcctcctgcagtttct ggatacacaggctcccatgctgacggaccctcgaagtgagagtgagcgggtggaattctttaacttagtactgct gttctgtgaactgattcgacatgatgttttctcccacaacatgtatacttgcactctcatctcccgaggggacct tgcctttggagcccctggtccccggcctccctctccctttgatgatcctgccgatgacccagagcacaaggaggc tgaaggcagcagcagcagcaagctggaagatccagggctctcagaatctatggacattgaccctagttccagtgt tctctttgaggacatggagaagcctgatttctcattgttctcccctactatgccctgtgaggggaagggcagtcc atcccctgagaagccagatgtcgagaaggaggtgaagcccccacccaaggagaagattgaagggacccttggggt tctttacgaccagccacgacacgtgcagtacgccacccattttcccatcccccaggaggagtcatgcagccatga gtgcaaccagcggttggtcgtactgtttggggtgggaaagcagcgagatgatgcccgccatgccatcaagaaaat caccaaggatatcttgaaggttctgaaccgcaaagggacagcagaaactgaccagcttgctcctattgtgcctct gaatcctggagacctgacattcttaggtggggaggatgggcagaagcggcgacgcaaccggcctgaagccttccc cactgctgaagatatctttgctaagttccagcacctttcacattatgaccaacaccaggtcacggctcaggtctc ccggaatgttctggagcagatcacgagctttgcccttggcatgtcataccacttgcctctggtgcagcatgtgca gttcatcttcgacctcatggaatattcactcagcatcagtggcctcatcgactttgccattcagctgctgaatga actgagtgtagttgaggctgagctgcttctcaaatcctcggatctggtgggcagctacactactagcctgtgcct gtgcatcgtggctgtcctgcggcactatcatgcctgcctcatcctcaaccaggaccagatggcacaggtctttga ggggctgtgtggcgtcgtgaagcatgggatgaaccggtccgatggctcctctgcagagcgctgtatccttgctta tctctatgatctgtacacctcctgtagccatttaaagaacaaatttggggagctcttcaggtaagagaggtggaa ggtaaggggtagcgagtgggacctactcccttcttcccatgaccacccaactcaggaggagaggatggcccggga ccctgctgcctgtctagggtcatttgtggactgtgtcctccacatactgttgtgttaccaagagtgggccctctt cctcagcaggcttgctccccgcctatatctgtggggcccaccctcttcccccttttcctcactgccttcagaggc cccagttccttattcccatgtggttcctttcctgcccagtctgttttgtcccatctcccttttcttgtctcaaga tccttcatccctcactttctcctttttttcttttctcccctttcctgaccatccctcgacctcagcaggccttct tcaacactactatctcctttcctccatccctgcagcgacttttgctcaaaggtgaagaacaccatctactgcaac gtggagccatcggaatcaaatatgcgctgggcacctgagttcatgatcgacactctagagaaccctgcagctcac accttcacctacacggggctagtagggtgaatgacatcgcaatcctgtgtgcagagctgaccggctattgcaagt cactgagtgcagaatggctaggagtgcttaaggccttgtgctgctcctctaacaatggcacttgtggtttcaacg atctcctctgcaatgttgatgtcagtgacctatcttttcatgactcgctggctacttttgt MED12 gene id: 9968 asv5, Intron 21 unspliced resulting in 425 nt increase tgatgatgctgtggtgtcattgctatgtgaatgggctgtcagctgcaagcgttctggtcggcatcgtgctatggt ggtagccaagctcctggagaagagacaggcggagattgaggctgagcgttgtggagaatcagaagccgcagatga gaagggttccatcgcctctggctccctttctgctcccagtgctcccattttccaggatgtcctcctgcagtttct ggatacacaggctcccatgctgacggaccctcgaagtgagagtgagcgggtggaattctttaacttagtactgct gttctgtgaactgattcgacatgatgttttctcccacaacatgtatacttgcactctcatctcccgaggggacct tgcctttggagcccctggtccccggcctccctctccctttgatgatcctgccgatgacccagagcacaaggaggc tgaaggcagcagcagcagcaagctggaagatccagggctctcagaatctatggacattgaccctagttccagtgt tctctttgaggacatggagaagcctgatttctcattgttctcccctactatgccctgtgaggggaagggcagtcc atcccctgagaagccagatgtcgagaaggaggtgaagcccccacccaaggagaagattgaagggacccttggggt tctttacgaccagccacgacacgtgcagtacgccacccattttcccatcccccaggaggagtcatgcagccatga gtgcaaccagcggttggtcgtactgtttggggtgggaaagcagcgagatgatgcccgccatgccatcaagaaaat caccaaggatatcttgaaggttctgaaccgcaaagggacagcagaaactgaccagcttgctcctattgtgcctct gaatcctggagacctgacattcttaggtggggaggatgggcagaagcggcgacgcaaccggcctgaagccttccc cactgctgaagatatctttgctaagttccagcacctttcacattatgaccaacaccaggtcacggctcaggtctc ccggaatgttctggagcagatcacgagctttgcccttggcatgtcataccacttgcctctggtgcagcatgtgca gttcatcttcgacctcatggaatattcactcagcatcagtggcctcatcgactttgccattcagctgctgaatga actgagtgtagttgaggctgagctgcttctcaaatcctcggatctggtgggcagctacactactagcctgtgcct gtgcatcgtggctgtcctgcggcactatcatgcctgcctcatcctcaaccaggaccagatggcacaggtctttga ggggctgtgtggcgtcgtgaagcatgggatgaaccggtccgatggctcctctgcagagcgctgtatccttgctta tctctatgatctgtacacctcctgtagccatttaaagaacaaatttggggagctcttcaggtaagagaggtggaa ggtaaggggtagcgagtgggacctactccccttcttccatgaccacccaactcaggaggagaggatggcccggga ccctgctgcctgtctagggtcatttgtggactgtgtcctccacatactgttgtgttaccaagagtgggccctctt cctcagcaggcttgctccccgcctatatctgtggggcccaccctcttcccccttttcctcactgccttcagaggc cccagttccttattcccatgtggttcctttcctgcccagtctgttttgtcccatctcccttttcttgtctcaaga tccttcatccctcactttctcctttttttcttttctcccctttcctgaccatccctcgacctcagcaggccttct tcaacactactatctcctttcctccatccctgcagcgacttttgctcaaaggtgaagaacaccatctactgcaac gtggagccatcggaatcaaatatgcgctgggcacctgagttcatgatcgacactctagagaaccctgcagctcac accttcacctacacggggctaggcaagagtcttagtgagaaccctgctaaccgctacagctttgtctgcaatgcc cttatgcacgtctgtgtggggcaccatgatcccgatagggtgaatgacatcgcaatcctgtgtgcagagctgacc ggctattgcaagtcactgagtgcagaatggctaggagtgcttaaggccttgtgctgctcctctaacaatggcact tgtggtttcaacgatctcctctgcaatgttgatgtcagtgacctatcttttcatgactcgctggctacttttgt MED12 gene id: 9968 asv6, Large deletion from mid-exon 11 through exon 21, with exon 19 redefined. Also, exon 21 through exon 24 (end of clone) is intact, with no introns tgatgatgctgtggtgtcattgctatgtgaatgggctgtcagctgcaagcgttctggtcggcatcgtgctatggt ggtagccaagctccacttgcctctggtgcagcatgtgcagttcatcttcgacctcatggaatattcactcagcat cagtggcctcatcgactttgccattcaggtggggaagttggggagatgagggtggaggcaggagttcatgccata tagcggctacggagggtcataaggacaggcgtagaggctccagccagtttcccaagcatctgctgaccctcccaa ccttgcttcttcatgcaggctgtgtggcgtcgtgaagcatgggatgaaccggtccgatggctcctctgcagagcg ctgtatccttgcttatctctatgatctgtacacctcctgtagccatttaaagaacaaatttggggagctcttcag gtaagagaggtggaaggtaaggggtagcgagtgggacctactcccttcttcccatgaccacccaactcaggagga gaggatggcccgggaccctgctgcctgtctagggtcatttgtggactgtgtcctccacatactgttgtgttacca agagtgggccctcttcctcagcaggcttgctccccgcctatatctgtggggcccaccctcttcccccttttcctc actgccttcagaggccccagttccttattcccatgtggttcctttcctgcccagtctgttttgtcccatctccct tttcttgtctcaagatccttcatccctcactttctcctttttttcttttctcccctttcctgaccatccctcgac ctcagcaggccttcttcaacactactatctcctttcctccatccctgcagcgacttttgctcaaaggtgaagaac accatctactgcaacgtggagccatcggaatcaaatatgcgctgggcacctgagttcatgatcgacactctagag aaccctgcagctcacaccttcacctacacggggctaggcaagagtcttagtgagaaccctgctaaccgctacagc tttgtctgcaatgcccttatgcacgtctgtgtggggcaccatgatcccgagtatggggtgtactgagtgaggaag ggcaccatgcccccatctgagatagggagggctgaggtacccgggaggtactacaaccttgattatttagtgggg cagagatgagaagttaatgggtctgaggttttgtggagcaaggtttttcctgagggcatttgtacttttccctag tagggtgaatgacatcgcaatcctgtgtgcagagctgaccggctattgcaagtcactgagtgcagaatggctagg agtgcttaaggccttgtgctgctcctctaacaatggcacttgtggtttcaacgatctcctctgcaatgttgatgt gagacttggggtggggttttgctagtggggcagtgaccagggcagggggctggttgtgatcctctgaccagggac agagttccgtagagtggaggcacaccgctttgagtgggcctccacactgagtcatggtgtctgtctgttttttcc tccaggtcagtgacctatcttttcatgactcgctggctacttttgt MED12 gene id: 9968 asv7, Intron 24 unspliced resulting in 395 nt increase gcagctcacaccttcacctacacggggctaggcaagagtcttagtgagaaccctgctaaccgctacagctttgtc tgcaatgcccttatgcacgtctgtgtggggcaccatgatcccgatagggtgaatgacatcgcaatcctgtgtgca gagctgaccggctattgcaagtcactgagtgcagaatggctaggagtgcttaaggccttgtgctgctcctctaac aatggcacttgtggtttcaacgatctcctctgcaatgttgatgtcagtgacctatcttttcatgactcgctggct acttttgttgccatcctcatcgctcggcagtgtttgctcctggaagatctgattcgctgtgctgccatcccttca ctccttaatgctggtgaactaccaatctgtaacccctagcatttctagacctcaaatttcaatacacactggacg gccatcctctcattgttcactgtgggagaccttgctgcggctccctggccttcctcagaaggccagtcctttggt atgctgaaggctagaagaaacctgttttttagccctggatttgcagccctgacctttccaatttctgacccttca actgcgtaacagttctctgctctacctcgctttcaatattatcttgctttttctcctttcactttacctcatctt ctctcccatgcccctgccatacacttgcatgcatgcaggcacgcacacacataaacccacatacagtttaacttc atcccttccagatctgttttgtcttccttttagcttgtagtgaacaggactctgagccaggggcccggcttacct gccgcatcctccttcaccttttcaagacaccgcagctcaatccttgccagtctgatggaaacaagcctacagtag gaatccgctcctcctgcgaccgccacctgctggctgcctcccagaaccgcatcgtggatggagccgtgtttgctg ttctcaaggctgtgtttgtacttggggatgcggaactgaaaggttcaggcttcactgtgacaggaggaacagaag aacttccagaggaggagggaggaggtggcagtggtggtcggaggcagggtggccgcaacatctctgtggagacag ccagtctggatgtctatgccaagtacgtgctgcgcagcatctgccaacaggaatgggtaggagaacgttgcctta agtctctgtgtgaggacagcaatgacctgcaagacccagtgttgagtagtgcccaggcgcagcgcctcatgcagc tcatttgctatccacatcgactgctggacaatgaggatggggaaaacccccagcggcagcgcataaagcgcattc tccagaacttggaccagtggaccatgcgccagtcttccttggagctgcagctcatgatcaagcagacccctaaca atgagatgaactccctcttggagaacatcgccaaggccacaatcgaggttttccaacggtcagcagagacagggt catc MED12 gene id: 9968 asv8, Intron 39 unspliced resulting in 174 nt increase cataggcctgtacacccagaaccagccactacctgcaggtggccctcgtgtggacccataccgtcctgtgcgctt accaatgcagaagctgcccacccgaccaacttaccctggagtgctgcccacaaccatgactggcgtcatgggttt agaaccctcctcttataagacctctgtgtaccggcagcagcaacctgcggtgccccaaggacagcgccttcgcca acagctccaggcaaagatagtgagaggggcagtagggagggctgtcagggagaggggcttttgagggtcacagga cggaggagacacttgggatcttcacaaggacactcagggtgggagacacaagagatgagatggcagcaagcattt cctgagtttgagttgttctcttttctccctttagcagagtcagggcatgttgggacagtcatctgtccatcagat gactcccagctcttcctacggtttgcagacttcccagggctatactccttatgtttctcatgtgggattgcagca acacacaggccctgcaggtaccatggtgccccccagctactccagccagccttaccagagcacccacccttctac caatcctactcttgtagatcctacccgccacctgcaacagcggcccagtggctatgtgcaccagcaggcccccac ctatggacatggactgacctcc MED12 gene id: 9968 asv9, First: Intron 39 unspliced resulting in 174 nt increase; Second: exon 41 has internal intron splice out (known ASV) which deletes 75 nts cataggcctgtacacccagaaccagccactacctgcaggtggccctcgtgtggacccataccgtcctgtgcgctt accaatgcagaagctgcccacccgaccaacttaccctggagtgctgcccacaaccatgactggcgtcatgggttt agaaccctcctcttataagacctctgtgtaccggcagcagcaacctgcggtgccccaaggacagcgccttcgcca acagctccaggcaaagatagtgagaggggcagtagggagggctgtcagggagaggggcttttgagggtcacagga cggaggagacacttgggatcttcacaaggacactcagggtgggagacacaagagatgagatggcagcaagcattt cctgagtttgagttgttctcttttctccctttagcagagtcagggcatgttgggacagtcatctgtccatcagat gactcccagctcttcctacggtttgcagacttcccagggctatactccttatgtttctcatgtgggattgcagca acacacaggccctgcagatcctacccgccacctgcaacagcggcccagtggctatgtgcaccagcaggcccccac ctatggacatggactgacctcc MED12 gene id: 9968 asv10, Exon 20 extended 3′, resulting in a 109 nt increase cttgctcctattgtgcctctgaatcctggagacctgacattcttaggtggggaggatgggcagaagcggcgacgc aaccggcctgaagccttccccactgctgaagatatctttgctaagttccagcacctttcacattatgaccaacac caggtcacggctcaggtctcccggaatgttctggagcagatcacgagctttgcccttggcatgtcataccacttg cctctggtgcagcatgtgcagttcatcttcgacctcatggaatattcactcagcatcagtggcctcatcgacttt gccattcagctgctgaatgaactgagtgtagttgaggctgagctgcttctcaaatcctcggatctggtgggcagc tacactactagcctgtgcctgtgcatcgtggctgtcctgcggcactatcatgcctgcctcatcctcaaccaggac cagatggcacaggtctttgaggggtaagcagagcttcggaataactgaaacaaagctctggcgaatgccggtgga agtggcctgggaagagcatgcacttcctcacactctggggaagcacctgctgctcaggctgtgtggcgtcgtgaa gcatgggatgaaccggtccgatggctcctctgcagagcgctgtatccttgcttatctctatgatctgtacacctc ctgtagccatttaaagaacaaatttggggagctcttcagcgacttttgctcaaaggtgaagaacaccatctactg caacgtggagccatcggaatcaaatatgcgctgggcacctgagttcatgatcgacactctagagaaccctgcagc tcacaccttcacctacacggggctaggcaagagtcttagtgagaaccctgctaaccgctacagctttgtctgcaa tgcccttatgcacgtctgtgtggggcaccatgatcccgatagggtgaatgacatcgcaatcctgtgtgcagagct gaccggctattgcaagtcactgagtgcagaatggctaggagtgcttaaggccttgtgctgctcctctaacaatgg cacttgtggtttcaacgatctcctctgcaatgttgatgtcagtgacctatcttttcatgactcgctggctacttt tgt THRAP4 gene id: 9862 asv1, Extra 57 nt exon between exons 6 and 7 ccacctagaactggattgtgcgctggccgccaccgctgccacctgctcagagtgaaataatgaaggtggtcaacc tgaagcaagccattttgcaagcctggaaggagcgctggagttactaccaatgggcaatcaacatgaagaaattct ttcctaaaggagccacctgggatattctcaacctggcagatgcgttactagagcaggccatgattggaccatccc ccaatcctctcatcttgtcctacctgaagtatgccattagttcccagatggtgtcctactcttctgtcctcacag ccatcagtaagtttgatgacttttctcgggacctgtgtgtccaggcattgctggacatcatggacatgttttgtg accgtctgagctgtcacggcaaagcagaggaatgcatcggactgtgccgagcccttcttagcgccctccactggc tgctgcgctgcacggcagcctctgcagagcggctgcgggaggggctggaggccggcactccagccgctggggaga agcagcttgccatgtgccttcagcgcctggagaaaaccctcagcagcaccaagaaccgggccctgctgcacatcg ccaaactagaggaggcctcattgcacacatcccagggacttgggcagggtggcacccgagccaatcaaccaacag cttcttggactgccatcgagcattctctcttgaaacttggagagatcctgaccaatctcagcaacccgcagctcc ggagtcaggccgagcagtgtggcaccctcattaggagcatccccacgatgctgtctgtgcatgcggagcagatgc acaagaccggcttccccactgtccacgccgtgatcctgctcgagggcaccatgaacctgacaggcgagacgcagt ccctggtggagcagctgacgatggtgaagcgcatgcagcatatccccaccccactttttgtcctggagatctgga aagcttgctt THRAP4 gene id: 9862 asv2, First: extra exon between exons 6 and 7, (57 nt); exon 7 is extended on the 5′ end by 315 nts ccacctagaactggattgtgcgctggccgccaccgctgccacctgctcagagtgaaataatgaaggtggtcaacc tgaagcaagccattttgcaagcctggaaggagcgctggagttactaccaatgggcaatcaacatgaagaaattct ttcctaaaggagccacctgggatattctcaacctggcagatgcgttactagagcaggccatgattggaccatccc ccaatcctctcatcttgtcctacctgaagtatgccattagttcccagatggtgtcctactcttctgtcctcacag ccatcagtaagtttgatgacttttctcgggacctgtgtgtccaggcattgctggacatcatggacatgttttgtg accgtctgagctgtcacggcaaagcagaggaatgcatcggactgtgccgagcccttcttagcgccctccactggc tgctgcgctgcacggcagcctctgcagagcggctgcgggaggggctggaggccggcactccagccgctggggaga agcagcttgccatgtgccttcagcgcctggagaaaaccctcagcagcaccaagaaccgggccctgctgcacatcg ccaaactagaggaggcctcattgcacacatcccagggacttgggcagggtggcacccgagccaatcaaccaacag ccactggattctggcctccctctgcctctctctcctgagcctgtgtgatgccataccttctgaagtcagctggct gtgtcccctggaaatcaggcttttgggaatggtctctggggtttccagctctaggtgcccaccccccttctggaa acagtgcatgctgccctcaggcccctccctccctgttgtcctcaggggaagccttcctgtgtggtttcgtgtgcc ggagggagtgccaaaatcgaggagttcagggccaggtgctccttctctcctgtttcccatcatgtttctgtactt ccttccctctgccagcttcttggactgccatcgagcattctctcttgaaacttggagagatcctgaccaatctca gcaacccgcagctccggagtcaggccgagcagtgtggcaccctcattaggagcatccccacgatgctgtctgtgc atgcggagcagatgcacaagaccggcttccccactgtccacgccgtgatcctgctcgagggcaccatgaacctga caggcgagacgcagtccctggtggagcagctgacgatggtgaagcgcatgcagcatatccccaccccactttttg tcctggagatctggaaagcttgctt THRAP3 gene id: 9967 asv1, Extra exon (192 nt), located 114 nt after exon 8 ggaacaggagtttcgttccattttccagcacatacaatcagctcagtctcagcgtagcccctcagaactgtttgc ccaacatatagtgaccattgttcaccatgttaaagagcatcactttgggtcctcaggaatgacattacatgaacg ctttactaaatacctaaagagaggaactgagcaggaggcagccaaaaacaagaaaagcccagagatacacaggag aatagacatttcccccagtacattcagaaaacatggtttggctcatgatgaaatgaaaagtccccgggaacctgg ctacaaggatgggcataattctaaaaatgaactacaaagggttaatttttattaaatgtatcaacaacctttgtg aagtggttagaatatggtaaatgaccccaaagtctattgaggtgagcttgagaaaaaaaagagaggagttttgga acaagtgcccatgatgagagaagaaactttttgtgatatttttctgcttgctgagggaaaatacaaagatgatcc tgttgatctccgccttgatattg HMG20B gene id: 10362 asv1, Exon 5 spliced out, loss of 216 nt acggagaagatccaggagaagaagatcaagaaagaagactcgagctctgggctcatgaacactctcctgaatgga cacaagggtggggactgcgatggcttctccaccttcgatgttcccatcttcactgaagagttcttggaccaaaac aaaggcacgggcgaaacgcccacgctgggcactctggacttctacatggcccggcttcacggagccatcgagcgc gaccccgcccagcacgagaagctcatcgtccgcatcaaggaaatcctggcccaggtcgccagcgagcacctgtga ggagtgggcgggcccacgatgcagaggagaagctgtgggcgcggccctgccacaccccaccccgtggacgagagg ctgggggtccaccctttggggcctggtcccatcctgcacctttgggggctccagcccccctaaaattaaatttct gcagcatccctttagctttcaatctccccagccccctgaacccggaaaaagcactcgctgcgcgatacacccaga agaacctcacagccgagggtgcccctcctcggaggacagccacgcgctacactggctctccgggccacccccagg acacagggcagacgaaacccacccccagcacacggcaggaccccccaaattactcactacggggggctgtgccat aggccacacaggaagctgccttgtggggacttacctggggtgtcccccgcatgcctgtaccccagatgggtgggg gccggctttgcccatcctgctctcctccagccgagggaccctggtgggggtggctccttctcactgctggatcc OGHDL gene id: 55753 asv1, exon 10 extended 5′ caggggaaggctgaacgtgctggccaacgtgatccgcaaggacctggagcagatcttctgccagtttgaccccaa gctggaggcggcggacgagggctccggggatgtcaagtaccacctgggcatgtaccacgagaggatcaaccgcgt caccaaccggaacatcactctgtcgctggttgccaacccctcccacctggaggcagtggaccctgtggtgcaggg gaagacaaaggcagagcagttctaccgtggagatgcccagggcaagaagcccctcctggctcacacctgccctgc aggtcatgtccatcctggttcatggggacgccgcctttgctggccagggcgtggtatatgagaccttccacctga gcgacctgccctcctacacgaccaatggtaccgtgcacgtcgtcgtcaacaaccagattggattcaccacagacc cccgaatggcccgctcctcaccatacccgaccgacgtggcccgggtggtcaatgcgcctatcttccatgtgaatg ccgatgacccaaaggctgtgatatatgtgtgcagtgtggca HRNP wildtype = NM_031243 exon 2 deleted; deletion of 36 nucleotides HRNP asv1 GACGAGTCCGGTTCGTGTTCGTCCGCGGAGATCTCTCTCATCTCGCTCGGCTGCGGGAAATCGGGCTGAAGCGAC TGAGTCCGCGATG GA GAGAGAAAAGGAACAGTTCCGTAAGCTCTTTATTGGTGGCTTAAGCTTTGAAACCACAGA AGAAAGTTTGAGGAACTACTACGAACAATGGGGAAAGCTTACAGACTGTGTGGTAATGAG BACS1 wildtype = AF041260 exons 9 and 10 deleted; deletion of 234 nucleotides BACS1/1 asv1 GCGAAGGAAGGCACCAAGGAGAAATCAGGACCCACCTCTCTGCCTCTGGGCAAACTGTTTTGGAAAAAGTCAGTT AAAGAGGACTCAGTCCCCACAGGTGCGGAGGAGAA TA CATCAGACTCCACAGAAAAGACTATCACACCGCCAGAG CCTGAACCAACAGGAGCACCACAGAAGGGTAAAGAGGGCTCCTCGAAGGACAAGAAGTCA ATF4 wildtype = D90209 Intron retention between exons I and II, splicing occurs in 5′UTR. atf4 asv1 GCAGCAGCACCAGGCTCTGCAGCGGCAACCCCCAGCGGCTTAAGCCATGGCGTGAGTACCGGGGCGGGTCGTCCA GCTGTGCTCCTGGGGCCGGCGCGGGTTTTGGATTGGTGGGGTGCGGCCTGGGGCCAGGGCGGTGCCGCCAAGGGG GAAGCGATTTAACGAGCGCCCGGGACGCGTGGTCTTTGCTTGGGTGTCCCCGAGACGCTCGCGTGCCTGGGATCG GGAAAGCGTAGTCGGGTGCCCGGACTGCTTCCCCAGGAGCCCTACAGCCCTCGGACCCCGAGCCCCGCAAGGTCC CAGGGGTCTTGGCTGTTGCCCCACGAAACGTGCAGGAACCAAGATGGCGGCGGCAGGGCGGCGGCGCGGGCGTGA GTCAAGGGCGGGCGGTGGGCGGGGCGCGGCCGCTGGCCGTATTTGGACGTGGGGACGGAGCGCTTTCCTCTTGGC GGCCGGTGGAAGAATCCCCTGGTCTCCGTGAGCGTCCATTTTGTGGAACCTGAGTTGCAAGCAGGGAGGGGCAAA TACAACTGCCCTGTTCCCGATTCTCTAGATGGCCGATCTAGAGAAGTCCCGCCTCATAAGTGGAAGGATGAAATT CTCAGAACAGCTAACCTCTAATGGGAGTTGGCTTCTGATTCTCATTCAGGCTTCTCACGGCATTCAGCAGCAGCG TTGCTGTAACCGACAAAGACACCTTCGAATTAAGCACATTCCTCGATTCCAGCAAAGCACCGCAACATGACCGAA ATGAGCTTCCTGAGCAGCGA BTF3 wildtype = X53280 Alternative exon 1, N-terminally truncated protein, sequence identical to constitutive variant. btf3 asv1 GCCATCTTGCGTCCCCGCGTGTGTGCGCCTAATCTCAGGTGGTCCACCCGAGACCCCTTGAGCACCAACCCTAGT CCCCCGCGCGGCCCCTTATTCGCTCCGACAAGATGAAAGAAACAATCATGAACCAGGAAAAACTC CENPA wildtype = CD628726 Exon 2 skipping; deletion of 73 nucleotides cenpa asv1 GGTCCGCCGACATGGCCTGGACCAAGTACCAGCTGTTCCTGGCCGGGCTCATGCTTGTTACCGGCTCCATCAACA CGCTCTCGGCAA AG CAGTGGGCATGTTCCTGGGAGAATTCTCCTGCCTGGCTGCCTTCTACCTCCTCCGATGCAG AGCTGCAGGGCAATCAGACTCCAGCGTAGAC Msx2 wildtype = D89377 Deletion in exon 2; deletion of 1317 nucleotides C-terminal truncated protein is produced, sequence is identical to constitutive variant. msx2 asv1 CCTGGAGCGCAAGTTCCGTCAGAAACAGTACCTCTCCATTGCAGAGCGTGCAGAGTTCTCCAGCTCTCTGAACCT CACAGAGACCCAGGTCAAAATCTGGTTCCAGA AC AGAAGGTAAAGCCATGTTTTGACTTGGTGAAAATGGGGTTG TCAAACAGCCCATTAAGCTCCCTGGTATTT NFIC wildtype = BC012120 Deletion in exon 7, exon 8 deleted, alternative exon after exon 7 nfic asv1 GGCATCTCGTCCCCGGTGAAGAAGACAGAGATGGACAAGTCACCATTCAACAGCACGTCCCCTGCAAACCGTTCC TTTGTGGGATTAGGACCAAGGGATCCTGCGGGCATTTATCAGGCACAGTCCTGGTATCTGGGATAGCAAAGGTCT TCTTCCCTCGCCCCTTCTCCATCGTCCCAGGAATCCCAGGGGGCAGCACAGCCGGCCCCCGGCCCACGTTTTCGG TGGAAAATTAGAGTG RELA wildtype = L19067 deletion of 341 nucleotides rela/1 asv1 CGTGCCCCCAACACTGCCGAGCTCAAGATCTGCCGAGTGAACCGAAACTCTGGCAGCTGCCTCGGTGGGGATGAG ATCTTCCTACTGTGTGACAAGGTGCAGAAAGAGGACATTGAGGT GT GTCCCCAAGCCAGCACCCCAGCCCTATCC CTTTACGTCATCCCTGAGCACCATCAACTATGATGAGTTTCCCACCATGGTGTTTCCTTC SNAI1 wildtype = BC012910 Different 5′ exon, deletions in exons 2 and 3; deletion of 1085 nucleotides snai1 asv1 ACAGCGAGCTGCAGGACTCTAATCCAGAGTTTACCTTCCAGCAGCCCTACGACCAGGCCCACCTGCTGGCAGCCA T CC CACGAGGTGTGACTAACTATGCAATAATCCACCCCCAGGTGCAGCCCCAGGGCCTGCGGAGGCGGTGGCAGA CTAGAGTCTGAGATGCCCCGAGCCCAGGCA TFE3 wildtype = X96717 Deletion in exons 8 and 10, exon 9 deleted; deletion of 1032 nucleotides TFE3 asv1 TGTCAGCAACTCCTGCCCAGCTGAGCTGCCCAACATCAAACGGGAGATCTCTGAGACCGAGGCAAAGGCCCTTTT GAAGGAACGGCAGAAGAAAGACAATCACAACCTAATTGAGCGTCGCAGGCGATTCAACATTAACGACA GG ATGTT GCTCCATCCTTTGTCTTGGAACCACCAGTCTAGTCCGTCCTGGCACAGAAGAGGAGTCAAGTAATGGAGGTCCCA GCCCTGGGGGTTTAAGCTCTGCCCCTTCCCCATGAACCCTGCCCTGCTCTGCCCA CD44 wildtype = BC004372 Exons 6-11 deleted; deletion of 618 nucleotides cd44/1 asv1 TTACACCTTTTCTACTGTACACCCCATCCCAGACGAAGACAGTCCCTGGATCACCGACAGCACAGACAGAATCCC TGCTACC AA TATGGACTCCAGTCATAGTACAACGCTTCAGCCTACTGCAAATCCAAACACAGGTTTGGTGGAAGA TTTGGACAGGACAGGACCTCTTTCAATGACAACGCAGCAGAGTAATTCTCAGAGCTTCTC NEMP wildtype = Y11392 Exon 6 cryptic splicing; insertion of 360 nucleotides nemp asv1 AGCCGCCTTCCCGGGGCCAGTTTCCTTCCCTCTCAGCCAGGGATGCCTCGAGCAGCCACAGGGGCAGGGTGAGTG GCGGGCCGCTAGGGGCCGCGGCTGCCTCTGCCCACTGCACCCACTGCACAGAAACCGTGGGGAGGGAGCATGGAG CCTCACAGGGCCCCGTGGGGAGGGAGCATGGAGCCTCACAGGGCCTTGAAGAGCTGTGCCCCAGGGGGAGCTGCG TGTGCGGGTCTGTGAATGCGCACACACGTGTAACACGTGCCCCGCACGGAGCCGTCCTGGCCCCTCAGCCTCTCC TGCTGTCCTGGTCTGTGGAATGTGGGCCCGGGCCCTGCTGGGCTGAGGGCAACAGGAGTCACGTGGAAGAGGTGC CACACACGCGTCCACAGGCGGGGCTCCTCTGCTCAGATTCTCCGAGTGTGCCGAACGTCCTGACTGCCATCCTGC TGCTGCTGCGGGAGCTGGATGCAGAGGGGCTGGAGGCCGT HDAC5 wildtype = AB011172 Exons 14 and 15 in; insertion of 255 nucleotides hdac5 asv1 TGCTGCCCCTGGGGGCATGAAGAGCCCCCCAGACCAGCCCGTCAAGCACCTCTTCACCACAGGTGTGGTCTACGA CACGTTCATGCTAAAGCACCAGTGCATGTGCGGGAACACACACGTGCACCCTGAGCATGCTGGCCGGATCCAGAG CATCTGGTCCCGGCTGCAGGAGACAGGCCTGCTTAGCAAGTGCGAGCGGATCCGAGGTCGCAAAGCCACGCTAGA TGAGATCCAGACAGTGCACTCTGAATACCACACCCTGCTCTATGGGACCAGTCCCCTCAACCGGCAGAAGCTAGA CAGCAAGAAGTTGCTCGGCCCCATCAGCCAGAAGATGTATGCTGTGCTGCCTTGTGGGGGCATCGGGGTGGACAG TGACACCGTGTGGAATGAGATGCACTCCTCCAGTGCTGTGCGCAT EST wildtype = AL037524 Additional exon spliced in; insertion of 120 nucleotides est asv1 GTTTAGTGTCTTTTCCTTGTNTCTGCTCGGGGAGCGTGAGGCAGATCGGCCGGCTTTGCTCCAGGCCTCAGGAGT GTCACTCGCCTNGGCTTGCACAGTACATTGGAACGTGCGGGTTCTATTTTGTATTCGACGTGCCGGATCGAAATA GAGCTCGCGGCACTNTGAAGACCACAGTAGGAAGTTAAGGACGGGGGTGCAGGTTCGCAGCCCTATCAACCAGCT CCGAGCC SUA1 wildtype = AK021978 Additional exon spliced in after exon 3; insertion of 58 nucleotides sua1 asv1 GATGTGAAGGTGGACACTGAGGATATGGAGAAGAAACCAGAGTCATTTTTCACTCAATTCGATGCTATGGGATTT TTCCTTGGGTGGCTGCATTCTTTGAAACACCAAAGGAACACATTTCTCTGTGTGTCTGACTTGCTGCTCCAGGGA TGTCATAGTTAAAGTTGACCAGATCTGTCA POMT1 wildtype = BC022877 Extended exon 8.; insertion of 66 nucleotides pomt1 asv1 TCCTGTGCAGTGGGCATCAAGTACATGGGTGTGTTCACGTACGTGCTCGTGCTGGGTGTTGCAGCTGTCCATGCC TGGCACCTGCTTGGAGACCAGACTTTGTCCAATGTAGGTGCTGATGTCCAGTGCTGCATGAGGCCGGCCTGTATG GGGCAGATGCGGATGTCACAGGGGGTCTGTGTGTTCTGTCACTTGCTCGCCCGAGCAGTGGCTTTGCTGGTCATC CCGGTCGTCCTGTACTTACTGTTCTTCTACGTCCACTTGATTCTAGTCTTCCGCT TGIF wildtype = NM_170695 Alternative splice donor in exon 1; deletion of 607 nucleotides, protein is truncated at the N-terminus, but identical to constitutive form. tgif asv1 GGCTGCGTTTCTGTGGGAGGCCCTGAAACGCGCGGAGCTTCCCTCTGCCTCCAGGCTTTCCCAGCGAGAGTGAAA TTAAACTTGAAACTCGGATCAACTGGCAGTCGTTGT TG GTATTGTTGCAGCATCTGGCAGTGAGACTGAGGATGA GGACAGCATGGACATTCCCTTGGACCTTTCTTCATCCGCTGGCTCAGGCAAGAGAAGGAG galectin 9 wildtype = AB006782 Exon 6 spliced out; deletion of 36 nucleotides galectin 9 asv1 CCTGTTCAGCCTGCCTTCTCCACGGTGCCGTTCTCCCAGCCTGTCTGTTTCCCACCCAGGCCCAGGGGGCGCAGA CAAAA AA CCCAGACAGTCATCCACACAGTGCAGAGCGCCCCTGGACAGATGTTCTCTACTCCCGCCATCCCACCT ATGATGTACCCCCACCCCGCCTATCCGATG Oct11a wildtype = AF133895 Exon 10 spliced out; deletion of 162 nucleotides oct11a asv1 TGGTAGGAAGAGAAAGAAACGGACCAGCATCGAGACCAACATCCGCCTGACTCTGGAGAAGAGGTTTCAAGA TG T ATCTCCCTCAGGGTCTCTGGGCCCCCTCTCTGTCCCTCCTGTCCACAGTACCATGCCTGGAACAGTAACGTCATC CTGTTCCCCTGGGAACAACAGCAGGCCTTC CA11 wildtype = AF067662 Exons 2-6 and the first half of exon 7 spliced out; deletion of 621 nucleotides ca11 asv1 GGGGATGGGGGCTGCAGCTCGTCTGAGCGCCCCTCGAGCGCTGGTACTCTGGGCTGCACTGGGGGCAGCAGCTCA CATCGGA CC ATCACCTATCAGGGCTCTCTCAGCACCCCGCCCTGCTCCGAGACTGTCACCTGGATCCTCATTGAC CGGGCCCTCAATATCACCTCCCTTCAGATG GPX2 wildtype = X53463 Additional exon after exon 1; insertion of 200 nucleotides gpx2 asv1 ACCCGGGACTTCACCCAGCTCAACGAGCTGCAATGCCGCTTTCCCAGGCGCCTGGTGGTCCTTGGCTTCCCTTGC AACCAATTTGGACATCAGGAGAGACAGAAGTAGCAAACCCTCTTTCGAGATGTCCCTCCAGCCCCAGAAGTACCT CCAGCCTCACACCATCTCTTCAGCCTAGCAAGTTGCTGGAGGGAGTCTATAACCTACCAGGAGCCAGCCAGCCAT TGTATCAAGAAATAGAAATCTGCCAGGTACAGGGCTCACACCTATAATCCCAGCGCTTGGGAGGCTAAGGAGAAC AGTCAGAATGAGGAGATCCTGAACAGTCTCAAGTATGTCCGTCCTGGGGGTGGATACCAG MAX wildtype = BC036092 Alternative 3′exon after exon 3 max asv1 CCACATCAAAGACAGCTTTCACAGTTTGCGGGACTCAGTCCCATCACTCCAAGGAGAGAAGCTCTATTTCCTCTT TTGGAAATTGTGTACTCCTGTCCTTCATCGTCAAAGTTTGATGCAGAAATGCCACACCTTCATTTCAAGCTACCA AGTGCACAAGAAAAAAGAATGCAAGATTTAAAAAATGATTGTTTTGACCCCTTACACAAATGTCTTACTCCTGGC TTTAATTAAGCTGCTTGAGGGCTGATAGCTCTGCCTTACCCTGGTAATCAGCAAAATGGTCCTGTGGCTGGGGAG GCCCTGGCAGCAGGAAGCCTTCAAGGAGCCATGGGTCTGTGCTGACTCTGGCCTTACAACCTTCCAGCCTCCTTT GCTGGCATTGATGGGGTTCCATTTTTGAATGAACTAGTTTAATGTGGATCCAAATTTATTGTGCATATTCTTTCG TTTTGGTTTTCAAAAGATGGCTTATTCACATGGAAATGTACACCAGTTTAGCCCTGGGCCCTCCCTTTACCTTCA TATGTGTAAAAGCTTACACAGGTTTCAGAAAATAAATGGTTTCATTTTCTCTAAAATAACTAGTACAAAATAAAA CAGATGTCAGTTGTTGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA PPARG wildtype = NM_138712 Alternative 5′ exon, does not change the protein pparg asv1 CCAGAAGCCTGCATTTCTGCATTCTGCTTAATTCCCTTTCCTTAGATTTGAAAGAAGCCAACACTAAACCACAAA TATACAACAAGGCCATTTTCTCAAACGAGAGTCAGCCTTTAACGAAATGACCATGGTTGACACAG CCRG wildtype = NM_032579 Alternative 3′ exon, protein composition is not changed. ccrg asv1 GTGACCATGACAGTAATGAAACCAGGGTCCCAACCAAGAAATCTAACTCAAACGTCCACTTCATTTGTTCCATTC CTGATTCTTGGGTAATAAAGACAAACTTTGTACCTCTCAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGTTGGCCTGCAGGCGGCCG CAGGTAAGCCAGCCCAGGCCTCGCCCTCCAGCTCAAGGCGGGACAGGGC SDCCAG1 wildtype = NM_004713 One exon skipped and one exon inserted SDCCAG1 asv1 GCAATCAAAGAATTAAAACTACAAACAAACCATGTTACAATGCTGCTAAGAGGAGGAAGATGATGATGTTGATGG TGACGTCAATGTTGAGAAAAATGAAACTGAACCACCAAAAGGAAAAAAGAAAAAACAAAAGAATAAACAGCTGCA GAAGCCTCAGAAAATAAGCCCCTTACTTGTAGATGTTGATCTCAGCTTGTCAGCATATGCCAATGCCAAAAAGTA TTATGATCACAAGAGATATGCTGCTAAGAAAACACAAAAGACTGTTGAAGCTGCTGAGAAGGCATTCAAGTCAGC AGAAAAGAAAACAAAGCAAACATTAAAAGAAGTTCAGACTGTTACCTCTATTCAAAAAGCAAGAAAAGTATATTG CTTAGGATTCAGCTTCTTAAGTCTGATCACAGCCGGGCGCAGTGGCTCACGCCTGTAATCCCAGCACTTTGGGAG GCCGAGGAGGGCGGATCACGAGGTCAAGAGATCGAGACCATCCTGGCTAACACGGTGGACGAGATCAGCAACAGA ATGAAATAATTGTGAAAAGATACTTGACACCAGGAGACATTTATGTACATGCTGATCTTCATGGAGCTACTAGCT GTGTAATTAAGAATCCAACAGGAGAACCCATCCCCCCACGGACCTTGACTGAAGCTGGCACAATGGCACTTTGCT ACAGTGCTGCTTGGGATGCACGAGTTATCACTAGTGCTTGGTGGGTGTACCATCATCAGGTATCTAAAACAGCAC CAACTGGAGAATATTTGACAACAGGAAGCTTCATGATAAGAGGAAAAAAGAATTTTCTTCCTCCCTCATATCTAA TGATGGGGTTTAGCTTCCTTTTTAAGGTAGATGAGTCTTGTGTTTGGAGACATCAGGGTGAACGAAAAGTCAGAG TACAGGATGAAGACATGGAGACACTGGCAAGTTGTACAAGTGAACTCATATCAGAAGAAATGGAACAATTAGATG GAGGTGACACGAGCAGTGATGAGGATAAAGAAGAACATGAAACTCCTGTGGAAGTAGAACTCATGACTCAGGTTG ACCAAGAGGATATCACTCTTCAGAGTGGCAGAGATGAACTAAATGAGGAGCTCATTCAGGAAGAAAGCTCTGAAG ACGAAGGAGAATATGAAGAGGTTAGAAAAGATCAGGATTCTGTTGGTGAAATGAAGGATGAAGGGGAAGAGACAT TAAATTATCCTGATACTACCATTGACTTGTCTCACCTTCAACCCCAAAGGTCCATCCAGAAATTGGCTTCAAAAG AGGAATCTTCTAATTCTAGTGACAGTAAATCACAGAGCCGGAGACATTTGTCAGCCAAGGAAAGAAGTAGAGATG GGGTTTCACCGTGTTGGGCAGGATTGTCTCGATCTTCTGACCTCGCGATCCACCCGCCTTGGCCTCCCAAAGTGC TGGATTACAGTCAACCAACCGGTCAACAGATGTTTTATTGAATGCCTAAGACCTGCCAATGCTATGTTGGTACAA AGACTACAAATCCCAGTGCCTGGCCATCAAGGGAAATGAAAAAGAAAAAACTTCCAAGTGACTCAGGAGATTTAG AAGCGTTAGAGGGAAAGGATAAAGAAAAAGAAAGTACTGTACACA SDCCAG10 wildtype = BC012117 Intron retention in 5′UTR SDCCAG10 asv1 GCTGGAGATATTGACATAGAGTTGTGGTCCAAAGAAGCTCCTAAAGCTTGCAGAAATTTTATC CA ACTTTGTTTG GAA GC TTATTATGACAATACCATTTTTCATAGAGTTGTGCCTGGTTTCATAGTCCAAGGCGGAGATCCTACTGGC ACAGGGAGTGGTGGAGAGTCTATCTATGG SDCCAG8 wildtype = AF039690 Exon 3 insertion; insertion of 192 bp SDCCAG8 asv1 CAGGAGCTGACACAGAAGATACAGCAAATGGAGGCCCAGCATGACAAAACT GA AAATGAACAGTATTTGTTGCTG ACCTCCCAGAATACATTTTTGACAAAGTTAAAGGAAGAATGCTGTACATTAGCCAAGAAACTGGAACAAATCTCT CAAAAAACCAGATCTGAAATAGCTCAACTCAGTCAAGAAAAAAGGTATACATATGATAAATTGGGAAAGTTACAG AGAAGAAATGAAGAATTGGAGGAACAGTGTGTCCAGCATGGGAGAGTACATGAGACGATGAAGCAAA GG CTAAGG CAGCTGGATAAGCACAGCCAGGCCACAGCCCAGCAGCTGGTGCAGCTCCTCAGCAAGCAG NY-BR-20 wildtype = AF308287 Exon 2 skipping, exon 3 insertion. Alternative ATG. NY-BR-20 asv1 GGCTGGAGGAAAGGGAACTGAACGCGGTTCTGGGAGCAGCAAGCCCACGGGTAGCAGCCGAGGCCCCAGAATGA G TACAAGGAATGCTTCTCCCTGTATGACAAGCAGCAGAGGGGGAAGATAAAAGCCACCGACCTCATGGTGGCCATG AGGTGCCTGGGGGCCAGCCCGACGCCAGGGGAGGTGCAGCGGCACCTGCAGACCCACGGGATA GACGGAAATGGA GAGCTGGATTTCTCCACTTTTCTGACCATTATGCACATGCAAATAAAACAAGAAGACCCAAAGAAAGAAATTCTT EPSTI1 wildtype = NM_033255 Two additional exons spliced in. EPSTI1 asv1 CAGAATCGCCAGACAGAAGTGCCTGTCAAAGTGCTGTTTGTGGCCCACAATCCTCAACATG GA AACTTCCTATCC TGCCTAGGGATCACAGCTGGGCCAGAAGCTG GG CTTACAGAGATTCTCTAAAGGCAGAAGAAAACAGAAAATTGC AAAAGATGAAGGATGAACAACATCAAAAGAGTGAATTACTGGAACTGAAACGGCAGCAGCAAGAGCAAGAAAGAG CCAAAATCCACCAGACTGAACACAGGAGGGTAAATAATGCTTTTCTGGACCGACTCCAAGGCAAAAGTCAACCAG GTGGCCTCGAGCAATCTGGAGGCTGTTGGAATATGAATAGCGGTAACAGCTG GG GTTCTCTATTAGTTTTTTCGA GGCACCTAA GG GTATATGAGAAAATATTGACTCCTATCTGGCCTTCATCAACTGACCTCGAAAAGCCTCATGAGA TGCTTTTTCTTAATGTGATTTTGTTCAGCC PPP1R1B wildtype = AF435975 Cryptic splicing in exon I (results in extended ORF), exons III and IV spliced out PPP1R1B asv1 AGAGACACACGCGGAGAGGAGGAGAGGCTGAGGGAGGGAGGTGGAGAAGGACGGGAGAGGCAGAGAGAGGAGACA CGCAGAGACACTCAGGAGGGGAGAGACACCGAGACGCAGAGACACTCAGGAGGGGAGAGACACCGAGACGCAGAG ACACCCAGGCCGGGGAGCGCGAGGGAGCGAGGCACAGACCTG GC CCAGCCCGGGCGCCGACCCTCCTCCCGCTCC CGCGCCCTCCCCTCGGCGGGCACGGTATTTTTATCCGTGCGCGAACAGCCCTCCTCCTCCTCTCGCCGCACAGCC ACCAACGCCTGCCATGCTGTTCCGGCTCTCAGAGCACTCCTCACCA GC TGTGCAGCGCATTGCTGAGTCTCACCT GCAGTCTATCAGCAATTTGAATGAGAACCAGGCCTCAGAGGAGGA USH1C wildtype = AF250731 Exon 11 skipping USH1C asv1 GTGGGATTGGAGATAGGGGACCAGATTGTCGAAGTCAATGGCGTCGACTTCTCTAACCTGGATCACAAGGA GG GC CGGGAGCTGTTCATGACAGACCGGGAGCGGCTGGCAGAGGCGCGGCAGCGTGAGCTGCAGCGGCAGGAGCTTCTC ATGCAGAAGCGGCTGGCGATGGAGTCCAAC USH1C wildtype = AF250731 Exon 7 skipping USH1C asv2 CTGATCCCCGTGAAAAGCTCTCCTGATGAGCCCCTCACTTGGCAGTATGTGGATCAGTTTGTGTCGGAATCTGG G G GCGTGCGAGGCAGCCTGGGCTCCCCTGGAAATCGGGAAAACAAGGAGAAGAAGGTCTTCATCAGCCTGGTAGGC TCCCGAGGCCTTGGCTGCAGCATTTCCAGC BRD3 wildtype = D26362 Alternative 5′ and 3′ exons. brd3 asv1 GTTTACAAACACGGGCTCCCGGCAGGTGCGCGCCGCCCCGCCCGTGCGCGGCCGGGGTTCGAGGGTGGCTCCCGC GGGCCTCGGGGTGCCCGGACGGGGGCTGCGGTGCTGGCTGCGTGCCCGCTTCTTCCATGCCGTCCTGGGGCACCG GAAAATCCGCCGCCAGGCGCTGTCCCCGACACGG GC TGTCGCCTGGTTGGGCCCGGAAATGGGACGTCGCGCTTT CTCAGGGAGCGTAGAAGCAGCCAGGGCCTCTCCAAGCCGCTGCTGTGACAGAAAGTGAGTGAGCTGCCGGAGGAT GTCCACCGCCACGACAGTCGCCCCCGCGGGGATCCCGGCGACCCCGGGCCCTGTGAACCCACCCCCCCCGGAGGT CTCCAACCCCAGCAAGCCCGGCCGCAAGACCAACCAGCTGCAGTACATGCAGAATGTGGTGGTGAAGACGCTCTG GAAACACCAGTTCGCCTGGCCCTTCTACCAGCCCGTGGACGCAATCAAATTGAACCTGCCGGATTATCATAAAAT AATTAAAAACCCAATGGATATGGGGACTATTAAGAAGAGACTAGAAAATAATTATTATTGGAGTGCAAGCGAATG TATGCAGGACTTCAACACCATGTTTACAAATTGTTACATTTATAACAAGCCCACAGATGACATAGTGCTAATGGC CCAAGCTTTAGAGAAAATTTTTCTACAAAAAGTGGCCCAGATGCCCCAAGAGGAAGTTGAATTATTACCCCCTGC TCCAAAGGGCAAAGGTCGGAAGCCGGCTGCGGGAGCCCAGAGCGCAGGTACACAGCAAGTGGCGGCCGTGTCCTC TGTCTCCCCAGCGACCCCCTTTCAGAGCGTGCCCCCCACCGTCTCCCAGACGCCCGTCATCGCTGCCACCCCTGT ACCAACCATCACTGCAAACGTCACGTCGGTCCCAGTCCCCCCAGCTGCCGCCCCACCTCCTCCTGCCACACCCAT CGTCCCCGTGGTCCCTCCTACGCCGCCTGTCGTCAAGAAAAAGGGCGTGAAGCGGAAAGCAGACACAACCACTCC CACGACGTCGGCCATCACTGCCAGCCGGAGTGAGTCGCCCCCGCCGTTGTCAGACCCCAAGCAGGCCAAAGTGGT GGCCCGGCGGGAGAGTGGTGGCCGCCCCATCAAGCCTCCCAAGAAGGACCTGGAGGACGGCGAGGTGCCCCAGCA CGCAGGCAAGAAGGGCAAGCTGTCGGAGCACCTGCGCTACTGCGACAGCATCCTCAGGGAGATGCTATCCAAGAA GCACGCGGCCTACGCCTGGCCCTTCTACAAGCCAGTGGATGCCGAGGCCCTGGAGCTGCACGACTACCACGACAT CATCAAGCACCCGATGGACCTCAGCACCGTGAAAAGGAAGATGGATGGCCGAGAGTACCCAGACGCACAGGGCTT TGCTGCTGATGTCCGGCTGATGTTCTCGAATTGCTACAAATACAATCCCCCAGACCACGAGGTTGTGGCCATGGC CCGGAAGCTCCAGGACGTGTTTGAGATGAGGTTTGCCAAGATGCCAGATGAGCCCGTGGAGGCACCGGCGCTGCC TGCCCCCGCGGCCCCCATGGTGAGCAAGGGCGCTGAGAGCAGCCGTAGCAGTGAGGAGAGCTCTTCGGACTCAGG CAGCTCGGACTCGGAGGAGGAGCGGGCCACCAGGCTGGCGGAGCTGCAGGAGCAGCTGAAGGCCGTGCACGAGCA GCTGGCCGCCCTGTCTCAGGCCCCAGTAAACAAACCAAAGAAGAAGAAGGAGAAGAAGGAGAAGGAGAAGAAGAA GAAGGACAAGGAGAAGGAGAAGGAGAAGCACAAAGTGAAGGCCGAGGAAGAGAAGAAGGCCAAGGTGGCTCCGCC TGCCAAGCAGGCTCAGCAGAAGAAGGCTCCTGCCAAGAAGGCCAACAGCACGACCACGGCCGGCAGA GATCATTT CTTGACCTGTGGAGTTTGAGACGCCTATGGGGTGTAGAGAGGAACGAACCTCTGTAATTGTTTCCTGGCCAAGGG CTGGAAACCCCGCAGCTGGGAGCGACTTTTCTAACCTTGGATTTTCTGCCTTGGGGCACCACTTTGGGAAGAAAG CTTGGTCCCAGAGAGCAGCCTGCTGTTGGGAGGAAGGGGTGTGTGCAGTGGGCTCCCACGGCAGGTAGACGGAGA CTCAACACCACGTTGCTCTGTCTCCTGCCCCAGACAGCTGAAGAAAGGCGGCAAGCAGGCATCTGCCTCCTACGA CTCAGAGGAAGAGGAGGAGGGCCTGCCCATGAGCTACGATGAAAAGCGCCAGCTTAGCCTGGACATCAACCGGCT GCCCGGGGAGAAGCTGGGCCGGGTAGTGCACATCATCCAATCTCGGGAGCCCTCGCTCAGGGACTCCAACCCCGA CGAGATAGAAATTGACTTTGAGACTCTGAAACCCCCCCCTTTGCGGGAACTGGAGAGATATGTCAAGTCTTGTTT ACAGAAAAAGCAAAGGAAACCGTTCTGTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA CLIC5B wildtype = BC035968 Alternative 5′ exon. CLIC5B asv1 AAGAGCTCGTTGATTCCTCTGCAAGGTGGTGCAGCATCCTCTGTCCCTTCATTCATTTCAGATCTACTCAGGTCT CCCTGTAAACAGATCTCTCGGATCAATAAGCATGAATGACGAAGACTACAGCACCATCTATGACACAATCCAAAA TGAGAGGACGTATGAGGTTCCAGACCAGCCAGAAGAAAATGAAAGTCCCCATTATGATGATGTCCATGAGTACTT AAGGCCAGAAAATGATTTATATGCCACTCAGCTGAATACCCATGAGTATGATTTTGTGTCAGTCTATACCATTAA GGGTGAAGAGACCAGCTTGGCCTCTGTCCAGTCAGAAGACAGAGGCTACCTCCTGCCTGATGAGATATACTCTGA ACTCCAGGAGGCTCATCCAGGTGAGCCCCAGGAGGACAGGGGCATCTCAATGGAAGGGTTATATTCATCAACCCA GGACCAGCAACTCTGCGCAGCAGAACTCCAGGAGAATGGGAGTGTGATGAAGGAAGATCTGCCTTCTCCTTCAAG CTTCACCATTCAGCACAGTAAGGCCTTCTCTACCACCAAGTATTCCTGCTATTCTGATGCTGAAGGTTTGGAAGA AAAGGAGGGAGCTCACATGAACCCTGAGATTTACCTCTTTGTGAA GG CTGGAATCGATGGAGAAAGCATCGGCAA CTGTCCTTTCTCTCAGCGCCTCTTCATGATCCTCTGGCTGAAAGG FOXH1 wildtype = NM_003923 Different 5′UTR, retained intron between exons 3 and 4. FOXH1 asv1 GTTGAGTCAATGTGTCCCCCTCTTGTTCCTAGGGTGCGGGCTTCATGGCCTTCTCCTCCAGGAAGCTCCACCTGA TCATGTCCTGGGTGGATATCCAGCCCCCATAGTTCAGGGCCTACTAGCAGCTGCTAGATCTTGAACTCCAGGAGC GCCCCACGCCTTGGGAGCTTGGCATGGGCTAAATACTCCCCCATTTGTTAAATGGGGTCCTGAAACCTGACCAGG GAAGACGGGATAAAGTAGCCATGGGTCATCGCAGCCCCTTTGAAGCCGGGCCTGGCCACCCAAAGGCAACTCAGG GGTGGAGACTGAGGCCTCAGGAGAAGCCCCCACTAGAATGCTCTCTGCCCCTCCCTTCCAGATTAACCAAAACCT GCTAATTGTGGAAGCCCTCGGCATGCTCCCCTCCCCCACAGCCTCTTCCTCCCTTCCCTCCCCTCCCCCTTCCAT CCGAATGATAAAGGCCCCAGCCCGCCTGCCCCAGCCCGGCCTCAGGTCCCGGCCCTGCCTTCTACACTGCCCCAC CGCCCTGCACCCTCCACCCGGCCAGGCCCCTGCCCACGCTGTCTACCGTCCCGCATGGGGCCCTGCAGCGGCTCC CGCCTGGGGCCCCCAGAGGCAGAGTCGCCCTCCCAGCCCCCTAAGAGGAGGAAGAAGAGGTACCTGCGACATGAC AAGCCCCCCTACACCTACTTGGCCATGATCGCCTTGGTGATTCAGGCCGCTCCCTCCCGCAGACTGAAGCTGGCC CAGATCATCCGTCAGGTCCAGGCCGTGTTCCCCTTCTTCAGGGAAGACTACGAGGGCTGGAAAGACTCCATTCGC CACAACCTTTCCTCCAACCGATGCTTCCGCAAGGTGCCCAAGGACCCTGCAAAGCCCCAGGCCAAGGGCAACTTC TGGGCGGTCGACGTGAGCCTGATCCCAGCTGAGGCGCTCCGGCTGCAGAACACCGCCCTGTGCCGGCGCTGGCAG AACGGAGGTGCGCGTGGAGCCTTCGCCAAGGACCTGGGCCCCTACGTGCTGCACGGCCGGCCATACCGGCCGCCC AGTCCCCCGCCACCACCCAGTGAGGGCTTCAGCATCAAGTCCCTGCTAGGAGGGTCCGGGGAGGGGGCACCCTGG CCGGGGCTAGCTCCACAGAGCAGCCCAGTTCCTGCAGGCACAGGGAACAGTGGGGAGGAGGCGGTGCCCACCCCA CCCCTTCCCTCTTCTGAGAGGCCTCTGTGGCCCCTCTGCCCCCTTCCTGGCCCCACGAGAGTGGAGGGGGAGACT GTGCAGGGGGGAGCCATCGGGCCCTCAACCCTCTCCCCAGAGCCTAGGGCCTGGCCTCTCCACTTACTGCAGGGC ACCGCAGTTCCTGGGGGACGGTCCAGCGGGGGACACAGGGCCTCCCTCTGGGGGCAGCTGCCCACCTCCTACTTG CCTATCTACACTCCCAATGTGGTAATGCCCTTGGCACCACCACCCACCTCCTGTCCCCAGTGTCCGTCAACCAGC CCTGCCTACTGGGGGGTGGCCCCTGAAACCCGAGGGCCCCCAGGGCTGCTCTGCGATCTA SMARCC2 wildtype = BC013045 SWI/SNF related, matrix associated, actin dependent regulator of chromatin, subfamily c, member 2 Exon 11 spliced out SMARCC2 asv1 TGTCTTGGCTGACACACCATCAGGGCTGGTGCCTCTGCAGCCCAAGACACCTCA GC AGACCTCTGCTTCCCAACA AATGCTCAACTTTCCTGACAAAGGCAAAGAGAAACCAACAGACATGCAAAACTTTGGGCTGCGCACAGACATGTA CACAAAAAAGAATGTTCCCTCCAAGAGCAA Mic wildtype = AF143536 Cryptic splicing in exon IX mic1 asv1 TCAGTTCCTGCAGTACCACGTCCTCAGCGACTCCAAACCTTTGGCTTGTCTGCTGTTATCCCTAGAGAGTTTC TA TCCTCCTGCTCATCAGCTATCTCTGGACATGCTGAA GCGACTTTCAACAGCAAATGATGAAATAGTAGAAGTTCT CCTTTCCAAACACCAAGTGTTAGCTGCCT PC-1 wildtype = S82081 Alternative exon I, additional exon between exons 3 and 4 pc1 asv1 GAAAATGCTGGCACCTGGGCCCAGAAGCCAGGGCCTCTAACTCCTGGGGTTGATTTCTTCAGTGAAGTTGCACCT TACAAAGGGAATATGGCCAAAGCGGCACTCAACTGAAGGCTGATATCAGGCGATTAGACAGCCATGCATTCTGCG TTTGTCTGGAATGGATTGTAGAGAGATGGACTTATATGAGGACTACCAGTCCCCGTTTGATTTTGATGCAGGAGT GAACAAAAGCTATCTCTACTTGTCTCCTAGTGGAAATTCATCTCCACCCGGATCACCTACTCTTCAGAAATTT GG TCTGCTGAGAACAGACCCAGTCCCTGAGGAAGGAGAAGAGAACTTGCAAAGGTAGAAGAAGAAATCCAGACTCTG TCTCAAGTGTTAGCAGCAAAAGAGAAGCATCTAGCAGAGATCAAGCGGAAACTTGGAATCAATTCTCTACAGGAA CTAAAACAGAACATTGCCAAAGGGTGGCAAGACGTGACAGCAACATCTG CG AGGAGCAAGCTTCTAGCAGCAGAA ACCGAACTGCTCTGTCTTCTGTATTGAGAGCCATCTGCAGAGCT GT TACAAGAAGACATCTGAAACCTTATCCCA GGCTGGACAGAAGGCCTCAGCTGCTTTTTCGTCTGTTGGCTCAGTCATCACCAAAAAGCT SF3B2 wildtype = NM_006842 Cryptic splicing in exons IX and X, deletion of 158 bp SF3B2 asv1 GAGGAAATGGAAACAGATGCTCGCTC GT CCCGTGGCTCTGATTCCCCAGCAGCTGATGTTGAGATTGAGTATGTG ACTGAAGAACCTGAAATTTACGAGCCCAACTTTATCTTCTTTAAG DDX38 wildtype = NM_014003 Exon skipping, exons 3, 4, 5 and part of exon 6 deleted; deletion of 746 bp ddx38 asv1 ATGTCTTCAAGGCTCCTGCTCCCCGCCCTTCATTACTGGGACTGGACTTGCTGGCTTCCCTGAAACGGAG AG AGC GGCAGCAGTGGGAAGATGACCAGAGGCAAGCCGATCGGGATTGGTACATGATGGACGAGGGCTATGACGAGTTCC ACAACCCGCTGGCCTACTCCTCCGAGGACT CBX3 wildtype = NM_007276 Cryptic splicing in exon 4 (□81 bp), inframe splicing altered protein. cbx3 asv1 GGGAAAAAAACAGAATGGAAAGAGTAAAAAAGTTGAAGAGGCAGAGCCTGAAGAATTTGTCGTGGAAAAAGTACT AGATCGACGTGTAGTGAATGGGAAAGTGGAATATTTCCTGAAGTGGAAGG GA AAGCTGGCAAAGAAAAAGATGGT ACAAAAAGAAAATCTTTATCTGACAGTGAATCTGATGACAGCAAATCAAAGAAGAAAAGAGATGCTGCTGACAAA CCAAGAGGATTTGCC SMARCB1 wildtype = NM_003073 Cryptic splicing in exon IV, deletion of 27 bp SMARCB1 asv1 TCACTCTGGAGGCGACTAGCCACTGTGGAAGAGAGGAAGAAAATAGTTGCATCGTCACAT GA TCACGGATACACG ACTCTAGCCACCAGTGTGACCCTGTTAAAAGCCTCGGAAGTGGAAGAGATTCTGGATGGCAACGATGAGAAGTAC AAGGCTGTGTCCATCAGCACAGAGCCCCCC SMARCC1 wildtype = NM_003074 Exon skipping, exon 18 deleted, deletion of 111 bp SMARCC1 asv1 GGAAAGTAGACCCATGGCAATGGGACCTCCTCCTACTCCTCATTTTAATGTATTAGCTGATACCCCCTCTGGGCT TGTGCCTCTGCATCTTCGATCACCTCA GA GTAAGGTGCTAGTGCTGGAAGAGAATGGACTGAACAGGAGACCCTT CTACTCCTGGAGGCCCTGGAGATGTACAA SMARCA5 wildtype = BU600776 Exon skipping, exons 8, 9 and 10 deleted; deletion of 420 bp smarca5 asv1 AAGCCTCGAATGGGCGAAAGTTCACTTAGAAACTTTACAATAGATCTGTTTGTTTGATAGGAGATAAAGAACAAA G AG CTGCTTTTGTCAGAGACGTTTTATTACCGGGAGAATGGTATACTCGGATATTAATGAAGGATATAGATATAC TCAACTCAGCAGGCAAGATGGACAAAATGAGGTTATTGAACATCCTAATGCAGTTGAGAA DNAJC8 wildtype = NM_014280 Alternative exon 2 DNAJC8 asv1 AGAGAGCGGGACTTCAGGCGGCGGAGGCAGCACCGAGGAAGCATTTATGACCTTCTACAGTGA GG AATAAAGATG GCATATAGCATACCAGAGATTCATTCCAACTAGCATTCCAACTCTGACAGTGACACCAAGAATGTTTTCCTGGGA CTGCCTGGTGCTTGTTCTCCCTGGCATTGTCTTCA GG TGAAACAAATAGAGAAGAGAGACTCGGTTCTAACTTCG AAAAATCAGATTGAAAGACTGACCCGTCCTGGTTCCTCTTACTTCAATTTGAACCCATTTGAGGTTCTTCAGATA SFRS7 wildtype = NM_006276 Exon skipping, exon 7 deleted SFRS7 asv1 GAGGTATTTCCAATCCCCGTCGAGGTCAAGATCAAGATCCAGGTCTATTTCACGACCAAGAAGCA GT CGTTCCCC ATCAGGAAGTCCTCGCAGAAGTGCAAGTCCTGANAAGAATGGACTGAAAGCTTCTCAGTTCACCCTTTTAGGGGA AAAGTTATTTTTGGTTACATTATTATAAAG SFRS9 wildtype = NM_003769 Exon 3 uses cryptic splice site, deletion of 40 bp in exon 3 sfrs9 asv1 GCAGCTGGCAGGACCTGAAGGATCACATGCGAGAAGCTGGGGATGTCTGTTATGCTGATGTGCAGAAGGATGGAG TGGGGATGGTCGAGTATCTCAGAAAAGAAGACAT GA GGGTGAAACTTCCTACATCCGAGTTTATCCTGAGAGAAG CACCAGCTATGGCTACTCACGGTCTCGGTC PRP19 wildtype = AJ131186 Exon skipping, exons 2-12 deleted, deletion of 1495 bp prp19 asv1 TTGTTTTCTTTTTTTAATGAAACTAGATCACTGCTTACAAAACCCTGCACAAGCCCTCCTGCCCATCCCCTTCAC AGTTCCCTTG GT GAGACGGGCAATGACACGGCAAGCGGCATCGTGCTGGTACAGAGCGTGTGACAGCTCTTGGCG GGTTGTCTGCAGCTGCTGGCGCAGAGTGAA GTF3C5 wildtype = NM_012087 deleted (exon IV partly + exonV entirely, deletion of 199 bp) + additional exon VIII (insertion of 20 bp) gtf3c5 asv1 CCCCCCATCTCAGGTGAGAATCTGATTGGCCTGAGCAGAGCCCGGCGCCCCCACAATGCCATCTTTGTCAACTTT GAGGATGAGGAGGTGCCCAAGCA GC CTATGGATTCGATTTGGGTATGACCCCCGGAAAAACCCAGATGCCAAGAT TTATCAAGTCCTCGATTTCCGAATCCGTTGTGGAATGAAACACGGTTACGCCCCCAGTGACTTGCCGGTCAAAGC AAAGCGCAGCACCTACAACTACAGCCTCCCCATCACCGTCAAGAAGACATCCAGCCAGCTTGTCACCATGCATGA CCTGAAGCAGGGCCTGGGCCCGTCGGGGACGAGTGGTGCTCGGAAACCAGCTTCCAGCAAGTACAAGCTCAA GG T CAGCCTTCAGACACTGAG GG ACTCTGTCTACATCTTCCGGGAAGGGGCCTTGCCACCCTATCGGCAGATGTTCTA CCAGTTATGCGACTTGAATGTGGAAGAGTT LISCH7 wildtype = AK126834 Exon 4 spliced out; deletion of 146 nucleotides lisch7 asv1 CGGAAATGCTGACCTGACCTTTGACCAGACGGCGTGGGGGGACAGTGGTGTGTATTACTGCTCCGTGGTCTCAGC CCAGGACCTCCAGGGGAACAATGAGGCCTACGCAGAGCTCATCGTCCTT GT GTATGCCGCCGGCAAAGCAGCCAC CTCAGGTGTTCCCAGCATTTATGCCCCCAGCACCTATGCCCACCTGTCTCCCGCCAAGACCCCACCCCCACCAGC TATGATTCCCATGGG RIPK2 wildtype = NM_003821 Exon 2 skipping, (154 nucleotides), usage of downstream ATG RIPK2 asv1 TCCGCCCGCCACGCAGACTGGCGCGTCCAGGTGGCCGTGAAGCACCTGCACATCCACACTCCGCTGCTCGACA GA AAACTGAATATCCTGATGTTGCTTGGCCATTGAGATTTCGCATCCTGCATGAAATTGCCCTTGGTGTAAATTACC neogenin1 wildtype = U61262 Exon 21 spliced out; deletion of 33 nucleotides neogenin1 asv1 GACTCACCAGATACAAGAGTTAACTCTTGACACACCATACTACTTCAAAATCCAGGCACGGAACTCAAAGGGCAT GGGACCCATGTCTGAAGCTGTCCAATTCAGAACACCT AA AGCCTCAGGGTCTGGAGGGAAAGGAAGCCGGCTGCC AGACCTAGGATCCGACTACAAACCTCCAATGAGCGGCAGTAACAGCCCTCATGGGAGCCCCACCTCTCCTCTGGA CAGTAATATGCTGCTGGTCATAATTGTTTCTGTTGGCGTCATCACCATCGTGGTGGTTGTGATTATCGCTGTCTT ADRM1 wildtype = NM_175573 Exon 3 cryptic splicing; deletion of 92 bp adrm1 asv1 GCAGACGGACGACTCGCTTATTCACTTCTGCTGGAAGGACAGGACGTCCGGGAACGTGGAAGACGACTTGATCAT CTTCCCTGACGACTGAACCCAAGACAGACCAGGATGAGGAGCATTGCCGGAAAGTCAACGAGTATCTGAACAACC CCCCGATGCCTGGGGCGCTGGGGGCCAGCGGAAGCAGCGGCCACGAACTCTCTGCGCTAGGCGGTGAGGGTGGCC KLF5 wildtype = AF132818 Additional exon after exon 3; insertion of 59 nucleotides klf5 asv1 AAGTTTATACCAAGTCTTCTCATTTAAAAGCTCACCTGAGGACTCACACTGTGTGAAGTTATCAGTACCAGACTA TTTTGCTTCAATCTGCAAAAGGAAGGTGTGTGAAGGTGAAAAGCCATACAAGTGTACCTGGGAAGGCTGCGACTG GAGGTTCGCGCGATCGGATGAGCTGACCCG Bid wildtype = NM_001196 exon 3 skipping (70 nucleotides), translation initiation of downstream ATG as compared to NM_001196 Bid asv1 CCGCGCGCCTGGGAGACGCTGCCTCGGCCCGGACGCGCCCGCGCCCCCGCGGCTGGAGGGT GG TCAACAACGGTT CCAGCCTCAGGGATGAGTGCATCACAAACCTACTGGTGTTTGGCTTCCTCCAAAGCTGTTCTGACAACAGCTTCC Bax wildtype = NM_138761 An extra exon (98 bp) inserted between exons 4 and 5 Bax asv1 AGTGGCAGCTGACATGTTTTCTGACGGCAACTTCAACTGGGGCCGGGTTGTCGCCCTTTTCTACTTTGCCAGCAA ACTGGTGCTCAAGGCTGGCGTGAAATGGCGTGATCTGGGCTCACTGCAACCTCTGCCTCCTGGGTTCAAGCGATT CACCTGCCTCAGCATCCCAAGGAGCTGGGATTACAGGCCCTGTGCACCAAGGTGCCGGAACTGATCAGAACCATC ATGGGCTGGACATTGGACTTCCTCC CASP9 wildtype = NM_001229 skipping of exons 3, 4, 5, 6 (450 nucleotides) CASP9 asv1 ACCAGAGGTTCTCAGACCGGAAACACCCAGACCAGTGGACATTGGTTCTGGAGGATTTGGTGATGTC GA GCAGAA AGACCATGGGTTTGAGGTGGCCTCCACTTCCCCTGAAGACGAGTCCCCTGGCAGTAACCCCGAGCCAGATGCCAC Bak wildtype = NM_001188 An extra exon (20 bp) between exons 4 and 5 Bak asv1 TGCAGCACCTGCAGCCCACGGCAGAGAATGCCTATGAGTACTTCACCAAGATTGCCACCAGGCCAGCAGCAACAC CCACAGCCTGTTTGAGAGTGGCATCAATTGGGGCCGTGTGGTGGCTCTTCTGGGCTTCGGCTACCGTCTGGCCCT BCL2L1 wildtype = NM_138578 Skipping of 3′ part of exon 1(189 nucleotides) BCL2L1 asv1 CTGCGGTACCGGCGGGCATTCAGTGACCTGACATCCCAGCTCCACATCACCCCAGGGACAGCATATCAGAGCTTT GAACA GG ATACTTTTGTGGAACTCTATGGGAACAATGCAGCAGCCGAGAGCCGAAAGGGCCAGGAACGCTTCAAC CG Casp2 wildtype = NM_032982 skipping of part of exon 3, exon 4 entirely and part of exon 5 (218 nucleotides) Casp2 asv1 GGAAATGAGGGAGCTCATCCAGGCCAAAGTGGGCAGTTTCAGCCAGAATGTGGAACTCCTCAACTTGCTGCCTAA GAGGGGTCCCCAAGCTTTTGATGCCTTC TG TGAAGCCTTGCACTCCTGAATTTTATCAAACACACTTCCAGCTGG CATATAGGTTGCAGTCTCGGCCTCGTGGCCTAGCACTGGTGTTGAGCAAT SUMF2 wildtype = BC006159 Exon 4 spliced out; deletion of 46 nucleotides sumf2 asv1 AGAAGCTGAGATGTTTGGATGGAGCTTTGTCTTTGAGGACTTTGTCTCTGATGAGCTGAGAAACAAAGCCACCCA GCCAAT GA GCCTGCAGGTCCTGGCTCTGGCATCCGAGAGAGACTGGAGCACCCAGTGTTACACGTGAGCTGGAAT GACGCCCGTGCCTACTGTGCTTGGCGGGGA G2AN wildtype = NM_198335 Exon 6 is spliced out, exon 7 uses different splice acceptor. G2AN asv1 GTCTTTTGCTTAGTGTCAATGCCCGAGGACTCTTGGAGTTTGAGCATCAGAGGGCCCCTAGGGTCTCCCCCTCGT CCCTGCCCCCTCTGGATTGGAGCAGACAGCTCTCCTACCTTCCAGGCAAGGATCAAAAGACCCAGCTGAGGGCGA TGGGGCCCAGCCTGAGGAAACACCCAGGGATGGCGACAAGCCAGAGGAGACTCAGGGGAA HCCR1 wildtype = AF195651 Exons 3-6 spliced out; deletion of 488 nucleotides HCCR1 asv1 CTTATGTGGTAACCAAGACAAAAGCGATTAATGGGAAATACCATCGTTTCTTGGGTCGTCATTTCCCCCGCTTCT ATATCCTGTACACAATCTTCATGAA AG AAAGCCTTGAGCCGGGCCATGCTTCTCACATCTTACCTGCCTCCTCCC TTGTTGAGACATCGTTTGAAGACTCATACA asns wildtype = AK000379 Alternative splice acceptor in exon 4, leading to an extended exon; insertion of 74 nucleotides asns asv1 TCTGGAGAAGGATCAGATGAACTTACGCAGGGTTACATATATTTTCACAAGGATTGGAGAGGGAGAAAGAAAAAC TGCTTTGTGTGCCAAAAGCAAAACTCTTGGTGTTTTTGTTTGTGAAATAGGCTCCTTCTCCTGAAAAAGCCGAGG AGGAGAGTGAGAGGCTTCTGAGGGAACTCTATTTGTTTGATGTTCTCCGCGCAGATCGAACTACTGCTGCCCATG GTCTTGAACTGAGAG HSACP1 wildtype = BC007422 Additional exon inserted after exon 2; insertion of 29 nucleotides HSACP1 asv1 ATGGCGGAACAGGCTACCAAGTCCGTGCTGTTTGTGTGTCTGGGTAACATTTGTCGATCACCCATTGCAGAAGCA GTTTTCAGGAAACTTGTAACCGATCAAAACATCTCAGAGAATTGGAGGGTAGACAGCGCGGCAACTTCCGGTGGG TCATTGATAGCGGTGCTGTTTCTGACTGGAACGTGGGCCGGTCCCCAGACCAAGAGCTGTGGAGCTGCCTAAGAA ATCATGGCATTCACACAGCCCATAAAGCAAGACAGATTACCAAAGAAGATTTTGCCACATTTGATTATATACTAT GTATGGATGAAAGCAATCTGAGAGATTTGAATAGAAAAAGTAATCAAGTTAAAACCTGCAAAGCTAAAATTGAAC TACTTGGGAGCTATGATCCACAAAAACAACTTATTATTGAAGATCCCTATTATGGGAATGACTCTGACTTTGAGA CGGTGTACCAGCAGTGTGTCAGGTGCTGCAGAGCGTTCTTGGAGAAGGCCCACTGAGGCAGGTTCGTGCCCTGCT GCGGCCAGCCTGACTAGACCCCACCCTGAGGTCCTGCATTTCTCAGTCGGTG CREB3L4 wildtype = BC038962 Exon 2 uses a cryptic splice donor, leading to a smaller exon; deletion of 60 nucleotides CREB3L4 asv1 CTGGCAAGAAGCATGGATCTCGGAATCCCTGACCTGCTGGACGCGTGGCTGGAGCCCCCAGAGGATATCTTCTCG ACAGGATCCGTCCTGGAGCTGGGACTCCACTGCCCCCCTCCAGAGGTTCC GG GCCTTCAAGAGAGTGAGCCTGAA GATTTCTTGAAGCTTTTCATTGATCCCAATGAGGTGTACTGCTCAGAAGCATCTCCTGGCAGTGACAGTGGCATC TCTGAGGACCCCTGC Hes6 wildtype = BC007939 Exon 2 spliced out; deletion of 87 nucleotides hes6 asv1 GGGCATGGCGCCACCCGCGGCGCCTGGCCGGGACCGTGTGGGCCGTGAGGATGAGGACGGCTGGGAGACGCGAGG GGACCGC AA GGTGCAGGCCAAGCTGGAGAACGCCGAAGTGCTGGAGCTGACGGTGCGGCGGGTCCAGGGTGTGCT GCGGGGCCGGGCGCGCGAGCGCGAGCAGCT C20orf45 wildtype = BC013969 Exon 3 spliced out; deletion of 90 nucleotides C20orf45 asv1 GGTTGGAGTTGATGTGTTGGACAGACATATAGATCCCTCTGGAAAGTTGCACAGCCACAGACTTCTCAGCACAGA GTGGGGACTGCCTTCCATTGTGAAGT CT ATTTCATTTACAAACATGGTTTCAGTAGATGAGAGACTTATATACAA ACCACATCCTCAGGATCCAGAAAAAACTGT macropain wildtype = BC047897 Exons 6-17 spliced out; deletion of 1138 nucleotides macropain asv1 CTAAAAAACACAAAGGATGCAGTACGGAATTCTGTATGTCATACTGCAACCGTTATAGCAAACTCTTTTATGCAC TGTGGGACAACCAGTGACCAGTTTCTTAGAGATA AT TTGGTTCTGGTTTCCTCTTTCACACTTCCTGTCATTGGC TTATACCCCTACCTGTGTCATTGGCCTTAA SPI2 wildtype = BC012868 Exon 2 spliced out; deletion of 170 nucleotides SPI2 asv1 GCGTTTCTCGCCCTGCTGGGATCGCTGCTCCTCTCTGGGGTCCTGGCGGCCGACCGAGAACGCAGCATCCA CG AG AATGCCACGGGTGACCTGGCCACCAGCAGGAATGCAGCGGATTCCTCTGTCCCAAGTGCTCCCAGAAGGCAGGAT TCTGAAGACCACTCCAGCGATATGTTCAACTATGAAGAATACTGCACCGCCAACGCAGTC TCOF1 wildtype = U40847 Exon 21 spliced out; deletion of 114 nucleotides TCOF1 asv1 AGTCGGATATCAGATGGCAAGAAACAGGAGGGACCAGCCACTC AG GTTGACAGTGCTGTGGGAACACTCCCTGCA ACAAGTCCCCAGAGCACCTCCGTCCAGGCCAAAGGGACCAACAAG CIB1 wildtype = NM_006384 Difference in 3′UTR (intron insertion) cib1 asv1 CGTTCTCCAGACTTTGCCAGCTCCTTTAAGATTGTCCTGTGACAGCAGCCCCAGCGTGTGTCCTGGCACCCTGTC CAAGAACCTTTCTACTGCTGGCCCAGCCTGGAGCTGGCGCTGTGCAGCCTCACCCCGGGCAGGGGCGGCCCTCGT TGTCAGGGCCTCTCCTCACTGCTGTTGTCATTGCTCCGTTTGTGTTTGTACTAATCAGTAATAAAGGTTTAGAAG TROAP wildtype = NM_005480 Intron insertion in front of the last exon. troap asv1 AGGAACAGCTTGAAGTACCAGAGCCCTACCCTCCAGCAGAACCCAGGCCCCTAGAGTCCTGCTGTAGGAGTGAGC CTGAGATACCGGAGTCCTCTCGCCAGGAACAGCTTGAGGAACAGCTTGAGGTACCTGAGCCCTGCCCTCCAGCAG AACCCGGGCCCCTTCAGCCCAGCACCCAGGGGCAGTCTGGACCCCCAGGGCCCTGCCCTAGGGTAGAGCTGGGGG TROAP wildtype = NM_005480 Cryptic splicing in exon III, exon III shorter for 91 bp troap asv2 CCGTGGACCAGGAGAACCAAGATCCAAGGAGATGGGTGCAGAAACCACCGCTCAATATTCAACGCCCCCTCGTTG ATTCAGCAGGCCCCAGGCCGAAAGCCAGGCACCAGGCAGAGACATCACAAAGATTGAGGCTCCAGGGACCATAGA GTTTGTGGCTGACCCTGCAGCCCTGGCCACCATCCTGTCAGGTGAGGGTGTGAAGAGCTGTCACCTGGGGCGCCA PARVA wildtype = NM_018222.2 Exon 8 skipping parva asv1 AACGAGAAGGAATCCTCCAGTCTCGGCAAATCCAAGAGGAAATAACTGGTAACACAGAAACGTGATGCCTTTGAC ACCTTGTTCGACCATGCCCCAGACAAGCTGAATGTGGTGAAAAAGACACTCATCACTTTCGTGAACAAGCACCTG ILK wildtype = U40282 Additional exon (exon 3a) ilk asv1 GCTGCTATGGACGACATTTTCACTCAGTGCCGGGAGGGCAACGCAGTCGCCGTTCGCCTGTGGCTGGACAACACG GAGAACGACCTCAACCAGGGTATCGTCTTGGATGCTTTGTGAAGAGCAGGTGGAAAGGAGGCAATTGCCTAGTTC ATCGTAGAAGTAATGATGTCTTGGACTAGAATTAGGGGACGATCATGGCTTCTCCCCCTTGCACTGGGCCTGCCG AGAGGGCCGCTCTGCTGTGGTTGAGATGTTGATCATGCGGGGGGCACGGATCAATGTAATGAACCGTGGGGATGA ILK wildtype = U40282 Introns 6 and 7 retained ilk asv2 CGAGAGCGGGCAGAGAAGATGGGCCAGAATCTCAACCGTATTCCATACAAGGACACATTCTGGAAGGGGACCACC CGCACTCGGCCCCGTGAGTCACCACTGTGGGAAGAAGGGTTGTAAAAGGAAATAATCCTGGCCTCTTGGGGCTGG GTTAGGGTGAAGCTGGGTACCTGACCTGCCCACACTCTTAGGAAATGGAACCCTGAACAAACACTCTGGCATTGA CTTCAAACAGCTTAACTTCCTGACGAAGCTCAACGAGAATCACTCTGGAGAGGTGACCCCTGCCCTTCTTGCCCT TCCCTCACTAAACCCCCATAAATTACTTGCTTTGTACCTGTTTTAAGTTTTTCCTCCAGTTAGTGGGCAAGGAAG TGGCAGCAACATTTCAAGCCTCCTAACCCCTACCTGTCCTGCAGCTATGGAAGGGCCGCTGGCAGGGCAATGACA TTGTCGTGAAGGTGCTGAAGGTTCGAGACTGGAGTACAAGGAAGAGCAGGGACTTCAATGAAGAGTGTCCCCGGC ITGA7 wildtype = AF052050 Intron 16 retained. itga7 asv1 CCCCAGGCTGATGGGGATGATGCCCATGAAGCCCAGCTCCTGGTCATGCTTCCTGACTCACTGCACTACTCAGGG GTCCGGGCCCTGGACCCTGCGGTGAGGACCTGGGGGCAGGATGGGGTGGGGTCTTGAGGGGCTCCAGTAACCCAG ACTGACCTTGCCTTCTCTCCCATTCCAGGAGAAGCCACTCTGCCTGTCCAATGAGAATGCCTCCCATGTTGAGTG TGAGCTGGGGAACCCCATGAAGAGAGGTGCCCAGGTCACCTTCTACCTCATCCTTAGCACCTCTGGGATCAGCAT ITGA5 wildtype = NM_002213.3 Exon 8 deleted itga5 asv1 CTGAACGAGGCCAACGAGTACACTGCATCCAACCAGATGGACTATCCATCCCTTGCCTTGCTTGGAGAGAAATTG GCAGAGAACAACATCAACCTCATCTTTGCAGTGACAAAAAACCATTATATGCTGTACAAGAGTATCCGGTCTAAA GTGGAGTTGTCAGTCTGGGATCAGCCTGAGGATCTTAATCTCTTCTTTACTGCTACCTGCCAAGATGGGGTATCC NCAM wildtype = BC047244 Exons 17 and 18 deleted ncam asv1 CAGGCAGAATATTGTGAATGCCACCGCCAACCTCGGCCAGTCCGTCACCCTGGTGTGCGATGCCGAAGGCTTCCC AGAGCCCACCATGAGCTGGACAAA ZD52F10 wildtype = BC011886 Alternative use of exon 2 Splicing does not change the protein. zd52f10 asv1 GGTGAAGTTTTGGTAGGTGAGTGTCAGAGTGAGCCGACCCAGGCCACATCCTGGCAGTGGAGGCACAGTCACCCG GGGCAGGGCCAGGATCTTGGTATATCCTCAGATCTCAGTGGGCAGCGACATGAAGTCAGGCAATTTCTTGCAACC ACCACCGAGGCCCCGAAAAGCACTGGTCGTCAGGGAGCTCCTCCCCTTGGCCCCCAGCCTGTGCCAGCCCTGGCC CGGCTGCCACACCTC Diablo wildtype = NM_019887 Alternative exon 2 and exon 3 (132 bp) skipping DIABLO asv1 GATAGCGTCTGGCGTCCGCGCGCTGCACAATGGCGGCTCTGAAGAGTTGGCTGTCGCGCAGCGTAACTTCATTCT TCAGGTTCCTGCTTGGCTCGAGTTTGAGTTTACAGCCCCTGCAAGTAAATCCAAGAGCCTGTTACAGATTGGCGG TCGTGCCTTATGAAATCTGACTTCTACTTCCAGGCTGTTTATACCTTAACTTCTCTTTACCGACAATATACAAGT TTACTTGGGAAAATGAATTCAGAGG CASP8 wildtype = NM_001228 Exon 4 (96 bp) and exon 8 skipping (not shown), exon 7 inclusion (47 bp) CASP8 asv1 GAAAGGAGGAGATGGAAAGGGAACTTCAGACACCAGGCAGGGCTCAAATTTCTGCCTACA GG GTCATGCTCTATC AGATTTCAGAAGAAGTGAGCAGATCAGAATTGAGGTCTTTTAAGTTTCTTTTGCAAGAGGAAATCTCCAAATGCA AACTGGATGATGACATGAACCTGCTGGATATTTTCATAGAGATGGAGAAGAGGGTCATCCTGGGAGAAGGAAAGT TGGACATCCTGAAAAGAGTCTGTGCCCAAATCAACAAGAGCCTGCTGAAGATAATCAACGACTATGAAGAATTCA GCAAAGAGAGAAGCAGCAGCCTTGAAGGAAGTCCTGATGAATTTTCAAATGACTTTGGACAAAGTTTACCAAATG AAAAGCAAACCTCGGGGATACTGTCTGATCATCAACAATCACAATTTTGCAAAAGCACGGGAGAAAGTGCCCAAA Casp3 wildtype = NM_004346 Exon2 (UTR) skipping, exon 7 (121 bp) skipping Casp3 asv1 AGTGCAGACGCGGCTCCTAGCGGATGGGTGCTATTGTGAGGCGGTTGTAGAA GT TAATAAAGGTATCCATGGAGA ACACTGAAAACTCAGTGGATTCAAAATCCATTAAAAATTTGGAACCAAAGATCATACATGGAAGCGAATCAATGG ACTCTGGAATATCCCTGGACAACAGTTATAAAATGGATTATCCTGAGATGGGTTTATGTATAATAATTAATAATA AGAATTTTCATAAAAGCACTGGAATGACATCTCGGTCTGGTACAGATGTCGATGCAGCAAACCTCAGGGAAACAT TCAGAAACTTGAAATATGAAGTCAGGAATAAAAATGATCTTACACGTGAAGAAATTGTGGAATTGATGCGTGATG TTTCTAAAGAAGATCACAGCAAAAGGAGCAGTTTTGTTTGTGTGCTTCTGAGCCATGGTGAAGAAGGAATAATTT TTGGAACAAATGGACCTGTTGACCTGAAAAAAATAACAAACTTTTTCAGAGGGGATCGTTGTAGAAGTCTAACTG GAAAACCCAAACTTTTCATTATTCA GG TTATTATTCTTGGCGAAATTCAAAGGATGGCTCCTGGTTCATCCAGTC GCTTTGTGCCATGCTGAAACAGTATGCCGACAAGCTTGAATTTATGCACA RON wildtype = NM_002447 Exon 5, exon 6 and exon 11 deleted (534 bp) RON asv1 ATGTGCGGCCAGCAGAAGGAGTGTCCTGGCTCCTGGCAACAGGACCACTGCCCACCTAAGCTTACTGA GG AGCCA GTGCTGATAGCAGTGCAACCCCTCTTTGGCCCACGGGCAGGAGGCACCTGTCTCACTCTTGAAGGCCAGAGTCTG TCTGTAGGCACCAGCCGGGCTGTGCTGGTCAATGGGACTGAGTGTCTGCTAGCACGGGTCAGTGAGGGGCAGCTT TTATGTGCCACACCCCCTGGGGCCACGGTGGCCAGTGTCCCCCTTAGCCTGCAGGTGGGGGGTGCCCAGGTACCT GGTTCCTGGACCTTCCAGTACAGAGAAGACCCTGTCGTGCTAAGCATCAGCCCCAACTGTGGCTACATCAACTCC CACATCACCATCTGTGGCCAGCATCTAACTTCAGCATGGCACTTAGTGCTGTCATTCCATGACGGGCTTAGGGCA GTGGAAAGCAGGTGTGAGAGGCAGCTTCCAGAGCAGCAGCTGTGCCGCCTTCCTGAATATGTGGTCCGAGACCCC CAGGGATGGGTGGCAGGGAATCTGAGTGCCCGAGGGGATGGAGCTGCTGGCTTTACACTGCCTGGCTTTCGCTTC CTACCCCCACCCCATCCACCCAGTGCCAACCTAGTTCCACTGAAGCCTGAGGAGCATGCCATTAAGTTTGA GG TC TGCGTAGATGGTGAATGTCATATCCTGGGTAGAGTGGTGCGGCCAGGGCCAGATGGGGTCCCACAGAGCACGCTC AR wildtype = NM_000044 Skipping of exon 2, exon 3 and exon 4 (557 bp) AR asv1 GCCCTATCCCAGTCCCACTTGTGTCAAAAGCGAAATGGGCCCCTGGATGGATAGCTACTCCGGACCTTACGGGGA CATGC GG CTTCCGCAACTTACACGTGGACGACCAGATGGCTGTCATTCAGTACTCCTGGATGGGGCTCATGGTGT CD82 wildtype = NM_002231 Skipping of exon 9 (84 bp) CD82 asv1 GGGCTTCTGCGAGGCCCCCGGCAACAGGACCCAGAGTGGCAACCACCCTGAGGACTGGCCTGTGTACCAGGA GC T CCTGGGGATGGTCCTGTCCATCTGCTTGTGCCGGCACGTCCATTCCGAAGACTACAGCAAGGTCCCCAAGTACTG MUC2 wildtype = NM_002457 Skipping of 3′ part of Exon 30(ca 7200 nucleotides, ORF remains) MUC2 asv1 TGGGGTCATCCCTATGGCCTTCTGCCTCAACTACGAGATCAACGTTCAGTGC TG CACCCCCACTCGCGGTACCAC GACCGGGTCATCTTCAGCCCCCACCCCCAGCACTGTGCAGACGACCACCACCAGTGCCTGGACCCCAACGCCGAC RIOK1 wildtype = NM_031480 Cryptic splicing of exon 3 (insertion of 32 bp) RIOK1 asv1 TTGGAAAACTCGCCAAGGGTTATGTCTGGAATGGAGGAAGCAACCCACAGCTAGTGCCTTAGACTCTGGAATTCC CTTCTAGGCAAATCGACAGACCTCCGACAGCAGTTCAGCCAAAATGTCTACTCCAGCAGACAAGGTCTTACGGAA RHAMM wildtype = NM_012484 Hyaluronan-mediated motility receptor Exon 4 skipping (45 bp) RHAMM asv1 TGTTGACAAAGATACTACCTTGCCTGCTTCAGCTAGAAAAGTTAAGTCTTCGGAATCAAA GA TTCGTGTTCTTCT ACAGGAACGTGGTGCCCAGGACAGCCGGATCCAGGATCTGGAAACTGAGTTGGAAAAGATGGAAGCAAGGCTAAA DDR1a wildtype = NM_013993 Alternative 5′ exons and skipping of exon 11 (111 bp) DDR1 asv1 CGTGGGAATCCGCCCCACTCCGCTCCCTGTGTCCCCAATGGCTCT GC CTACAGTGGGGACTATATGGAGCCTGAG AAGCCAGGCGCCCCGCTTCTGCCCCCACCTCCCCAGAACAGCGTCCCCCATTATGCCGAGGCTGACATTGTTACC TNFRSF10B wildtype = NM_003842 Cryptic intron in exon 5 spliced out (87 bp) TNFRSF10B asv1 TGCCGCACAGGGTGTCCCAGAGGGATGGTCAAGGTCGGTGATTGTACACCCTGGAGTGACATCGAATGTGTCCAC AAAGAATCA GG CATCATCATAGGAGTCACAGTTGCAGCCGTAGTCTTGATTGTGGCTGTGTTTGTTTGCAAGTCT CSE1L wildtype = NM_001316 An extra exon (25 bp) inserted before last exon CSE1L asv1 AACCCCAAAATTCACCTGGCACAGTCACTTCACAAGTTGTCTACCGCCTGTCCAGGAAGGACCTATTTTTGAAGG CATAAAAGCAGTTCCATCAATGGTGAGCACCAGCCTGAATGCAGAAGCGCTCCAGTATCTCCAAGGGTACCTTCA MLH1 wildtype = NM_000249 Exon 12 skipping (371 nucleotides) MLH1 asv1 TTCACTTCCTGCACGAGGAGAGCATCCTGGAGCGGGTGCAGCAGCACATCGAGAGCAAGCTCCTGGGCTCCAATT CCTCCAGGATGTACTTCACCCA GA AAGAGACATCGGGAAGATTCTGATGTGGAAATGGTGGAAGATGATTCCCGA AAGGAAATGACTGCAGCTTGTACCCCCCGGAGAAGGATCATTAACCTCAC MSH2 wildtype = NM_000251 Skipping of exons 2-8 (1175 nucleotides) MSH2 asv1 GCGCACGGCGAGGACGCGCTGCTGGCCGCCCGGGAGGTGTTCAAGACCCAGGGGGTGATCAAGTACATGGGGCCG GCA GG TGGAAAACCATGAATTCCTTGTAAAACCTTCATTTGATCCTAATCTCAGTGAATTAAGAGAAATAATGAA CCND1 wildtype = Z23022 G to A polymorphism in the end of exon 4 results in intron 4 retention and exon 5 skipping ccnd1 asv1 CCTGAACCTGAGGAGCCCCAACAACTTCCTGTCCTACTACCGCCTCACACGCTTCCTCTCCAGAGTGATCAAGTG TGACCCAGTAAGTGAGGGTGATGTCCCAGGCAGCCTTGCCGGGGCTTACAGGGGGAGACACCTAGTGCCACGGAA ATGCCGAGGCTGGTGCCAAGGCCCCCAAGGGTGACAAGGTTGGGGCTGGGGCTGGGCCCCTCGGACCCCAGGCCA CAGACTGACAGGGCACCGGCTTCTTCCACTGCTCCTAGAACTTACTGACTGGCTGGGAGGTCCTCACAGCCTTCT CACGTCCCCTGGGGCTTCCAGGAGCCGTAGAGTTTCTGGGCGAAGCGTCCGGGACGGAGGCCCCAGGCGGCCCCA GCCAATGGTCTGTGTGGTGATGGTGTGTGGGGTTAGGCCCAGGCGAGCTTTGTTTGGGCCACAATGTGCGTGGCC AATAAATAGATGCTTGAAAAGGGCTCCTGTGAGGTCCGAGACACCGGACAACGGGCGGATAGAGACAGCCTTGTT GTTTACGGCCTCTTTGAGAGGCTGCTGCTGTTAAACCCTGGGATGACTGTGTCTTTCTTCTTAAAAATGCCATTG TTTTATTCCCGAGTCTTTTCTTAAAGAAAGAATTAAAATGACAATCAAAAGGGTTTGTGGCATTTACCAAATTAG ACCAGAGAGGTGGCCGGGTCAGCCGCCGGCCCCGC REST wildtype = NM_005612 Inclusion of an extra exon (50 bp) ) between coding exons 2 and 3 REST asv1 TCAGAAGACTCATCTAACTAGACATATGCGTACTCATTCAGTGGGGTATGGATACCATTTGGTAATATTTACTAG AGTGTGATCTAGATGGGTGAGAAGCCATTTAAATGTGATCAGTGCAGTTATGTGGCCTCTAATCAACATGAAGTA GHRHR wildtype = AF282259 Skipping of exons 2, 3, 4 (385 bp) GHRHR asv1 TTGTACTATCACTGGCTGGTCTGAGCCCTTTCCACCTTACCCTGTGGCCTGCCCTGTGCCTCTGGAGCTGCTGGC TGAGGA GG GCTGCCCGTGCTCTTCACTGGCACGTGGGTGAGCTGCAAACTGGCCTTCGAGGACATCGCGTGCTGG PTPN18 wildtype = NM_014369 Skipping of 193 bp in 3′ UTR, protein sequence does not change PTPN18 asv1 CCGAAGGGTCCCCGGGACCCGCCTGCTGAGTGGACCCGGGTGTAAGTCTAACGCCAGTTCCTGCACAGAGCAGAT TCAAGAAAGAAGATCAGGAAGGGGCATGACCCCTGAGTTATGAAGGGGAGAAGGGACAGATGAGCTTCCGGAGAC ASC wildtype = NM_013258 Exon 2 skipping (57 bp) ASC asv1 AACGTGCTGCGCGACATGGGCCTGCAGGAGATGGCCGGGCAGCTGCAGGCGGCCACGCACCAG GG CCTGCACTTT ATAGACCAGCACCGGGCTGCGCTTATCGCGAGGGTCACAAACGTTGAGTGGCTGCTGGATGCTCTGTACGGGAAG BCL2L12 wildtype = NM_138639 Exon 6 skipping (273 bp) BCL2L12 asv1 GAAGCCATACTGCGGAGGCTGGTGGCCCTGCTGGAGGAGGAGGCAGAAGTCATTAACCAGAA GG AGGGCATCCTG GCTGTTTCACCCGTGGACTTGAACTTGCCATTGGACTGAGCTCTTTCTCAGAAGCTGCTACAAGATGACACCTCA NEK3 wildtype = NM_152720 Exon 14 skipping (135 bp) NEK3 asv1 TACAGCTTTGGAAAATGCATCCATACTCACCTCCAGTTTAACAGCAGAGGACGATAGA GG TTCAGAAGGGTTCTT GAAAGGCCCCCTGTCTGAAGAAACAGAAGCATCGGACAGTGTTGATGGAGGTCACGATTCTGTCATTTTGGATCC Neu1 wildtype = NM_004210 Exon 2 and 3 skipping (564 nucleotides) Neu1 asv1 ATGGGTAACAACTTCTCCAGTATCCCCTCGCTGCCCCGAGGAAACCCGAGCCGCGCGCCGCGGGGCCACCCCCAG AACCTCAAA GA TAGCGAGCTGGTGCTCCCGGACTGTCTGCGGCCGCGCTCCTTCACCGCCCTGCGGCGGCCGTCG PLP1 wildype = NM_000533 Proteolipid protein 1 (Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease, spastic paraplegia 2, uncomplicated) Skipping of 105 nucleotides from 5′ part of exon 3 PLP1 asv1 CCTGCTGGCTGAGGGCTTCTACACCACCGGCGCAGTCAGGCAGATCTTTGGCGACTACAAGACCACCATCTGCGG CAAGGGCCTGAGCGCAACGTTTGTGGGCATCACCTATGCCCTGACCGTTGTGTGGCTCCTGGTGTTTGCCTGCTC TGCTGTGCCTGTGTACATTTACTTCAACACCTGGACCACCTGCCAGTCTA Mdm-2 wildype = Z12020 Exons 4-11 spliced out; deletion of 1020 nucleotides mdm2 asv1 ATGTGCAATACCAACATGTCTGTACCTACTGATGGTGCTGTAACCACCTCACAGATTCCTGATTGTAAAAAAACT ATAGTGAATGATTCCAGAGAGTCATGTGTTGAGGAAAATGATGATAAAATTACACAAGCTTCACA VEGFR3 wildype = AY233383 Alternative usage of the last exon. vegfr3 asv1 CATTTGAGGAATTCCCCATGACCCCAACGACCTACAAAGGCTCTGTGGACAACCAGACAGACAGTGGGATGGTGC TGGCCTCGGAGGAGTTTGAGCAGATAGAGAGCAGGCATAGACAAGAAAGCGGCTTCAGGTAGCTGAAGCAGAGAG AGAGAAGGCAGCATACGTCAGCATTTTCTTCTCTGCACTTATAAGAAAGATCAAAGACTTTAAGACTTTCGCTAT TTCTTCTACTGCTATCTACTACAAACTTCAAAGAGGAACCAGGAGGACAAGAGGAGCATGAAAGTGGACAAGGAG TGTGACCACTGAAGCACCACAGGGAGGGGTTAGGCCTCCGGATGACTGCGGGCAGGCCTGGATAATATCCAGCCT CCCACAAGAAGCTGGTGGAGCAGAGTGTTCCCTGACTCCTCCAAGGAAAGGGAGACGCCCTTTCATGGTCTGCTG AGTAACAGGTGCCTTCCCAGACACTGGCGTTACTGCTTGACCAAAGAGCCCTCAAGCGGCCCTTATGCCAGCGTG ACAGAGGGCTCACCTCTTGCCTTCTAGGTCACTTCTCACAATGTCCCTTCAGCACCTGACCCTGTGCCCGCCGAT TATTCCTTGGTAATATGAGTAATACATCAAAGAGTAGTATTAAAAGCTAATTAATCATGTTTATAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA pyridoxal kinase wildype = BC000123 Alternative splice acceptor in exon 8; deletion of 87 nucleotides pyridoxal kinase asv1 GTGGTGCCGCTTGCAGACATTATCACGCCCAACCAGTTTGAGGCCGAGTTACTGAGTGGCCGGAAGATCCACAGC CAGGGCAGCAACTACCTGATTGTGCTGGGGAGTCAGAGGAGGAGGAATCCCGCTGGCTCCGTGGTGATGGAACGC ATCCGGATGGACATTCGCAAAGTGGACGCC KIAA1117 wildype = AK027030 Intron retained between exons 12 and 13; insertion of 137 nucleotides KIAA1117 asv1 GAGCTTGGAAAAAAGAAGCTTTTGACCTCTTTATGGATCCCAGTTTCTTTCAGATGGATGCCTCTTGTGTTAATC AGTAAGTTGCCCTCTTATTTGTATTCAGCATGATGCACCTCACAGTCTGATGAAATCAGCCACTCCCCTGGAAAG TTAGAATACTGTTCTTTAACAGTAACAACATAATTACATGTTGTAATCCTTATCTCTTTCAGGTGGAGAGCAATT ATGGACAATCTGATGACACATGATAAAACAACATTTAGAGATTTGATGACTCGTGTAGCAGTGGCTCAAAGCAGT CSDA wildype = BC021926 Alternative splice acceptor in exon 7, leads to 3 amino acid deletion; deletion of 9 nucleotides csda asv1 CCAACAGAATACAGGCTGGTGAGATTGGAGAGATGAAGGATGGAGTCCCAGAGGGAGCACAACTTCAGGGACCGG TTCATCGAAATCCAACTTACCGCCCAAGCAGGGGACCTCCTCGCCCACGACCTGCCCCAGCAGTTGGAGAGGCTG AAGATAAAGAAAATCAGCAAGCCACCAGTG Lyk5 wildype = AK074771 2 additional exons after exon 2; insertion of 111 nucleotides Lyk5 asv1 CAGGAACAGGTTTAAGTTTTTGAAACTGAAGTAGGTCTACACAGTAGGAACTCATGTCATTTCTTGTAAGTAAAC CAGAGCGAATCAGGCGGTGGGTCTCGGAAAAGTTCATTGTTGAGGGCTTAAGAGATTTGGAACTATTTGGAGAGC AGCCTCCGGGTGACACTCGGAGAAAAACCAATGATGCGAGCTCAGAGTCAATAGCATCCTTCTCTAAACAGGAGG TCATGAGTAGCTTTCTGCCAGAGGGAGGGTGTTACGAGCTGCTCACTGTGATAGGCAAAGGATTTGAGGACCTGA nfkb2 wildype = BC002844 Alternative exons 18, 19. Exons 18-22 spliced out; deletion of 857 nucleotides nfkb2 asv1 GCTGCGGGCAGGCGCTGGTGCTCCTGAGCTGCTGCGTGCACTGCTTCAGAGTGGAGCTCCTGCTGTGCCCCAGCT GTTGCATATGCCTGACTTTGAGGGACTGTATCCAGTACACCTGGCGGTCCGAGCCTCAGGTGCACTGACCTGCTG CCTGCCCCCAGCCCCCTTCCCGGACCCCCTGTACAGCGTCCCCACCTATTTCAAATCTTATTTAACACCCCACAC CCACCCCTCAGTTGG FXR1 wildype = U25165 Exon 15 spliced out; deletion of 92 nucleotides FXR1 asv1 TCACAGTACTAACCGTCGTAGGCGGTCTCGTAGACGAAGGACTGATGAAGATGCTGTTCTGATGGATGGAATGAC TGAATCTGATACAGCTTCAGTTAATGAAAATGGGCTAGGCAAAAGATGTGATTGAAGAGCATGGTCCTTCAGAAA AGGCAATAAACGGCCCAACTAGTGCTTCTG M-RIP wildype = AL834513 Exon 9 spliced out; deletion of 63 nucleotides M-RIP asv1 GACAGTGCCACGGTGTCCGGATATGATATAATGAAATCTAAAAGCAACCCTGACTTCTTGAAGAAAGACAGATCC TGTGTCACCCGGCAACTCAGAAACATCAGGTCCAAGAGTCTGAAGGAAGGCCTGACGGTGCAAGAACGGTTGAAG CTCTTTGAATCCAGGGACTTGAAGAAAGAC NPIP wildype = BC046145 Alternative splice acceptor in exon 4; deletion of 242 nucleotides npip asv1 ATGTTTCAACGTGCGCAAGCGTTGCGGCGGCGGGCAGAGGACTACTACAGATGCAAAATCACCCCTTCTGCAAGA AAGCCTCTTTGCAACCGGCGGATGATAATCTCAAGACACCTCCCGAGTGTCTGCTCACTCCCCTTCCACCCTCAG CTCTACCCTCAGCGGATGATAATCTCAAGA HGD wildype = AF045167 Alternative use of exons 12 and 13; deletion of 213 bp hgd asv1 ATACACCCTACAAGTACAACCTGAAGAATTTCATGGTTATCAACTCAGTGGCCTTTGACCATGCAGACCCATCCA TTTTCACAGTATTGACTGCTTTGAGAAGGCCAGCAAGGTCAAGCTGGCACCTGAGAGGATTGCCGATGGCACCAT GGCATTTATGTTTGAATCATCTTTAAGTCTGGCGGTCACAAAGTGGGGACTCAAGGCCTC TMPIT wildype = NM_031925 Cryptic splicing, 62 bp skipped from the last exon TMPIT asv1 AGCCATGCAGCCCCCGCCCCCGGGCCCGCTGGGCGACTGCCTGCGGGACTGGGAGGATCTACAGCAGGACTTCCA GAACATCCAGGAGACCCATCGGCTCTACCGCCTGAAGCTGGAGGAGCTGACCAAACTTCAGAACAATTGCACCAG CTCCATCACGCGGCAGAAGAAGCGGCTCCAGGAGCTGGCCCTCGCCCTGAAGAAATGCAAACCCTCCCTCCCAGC AGAGGCCCAGGOGGCCGCACAGGAGCTGGAGAACCAGATGAAAGAGCGCCAAGGCCTCTTCTTTGACATGGAGGC CTATTTGCCTAAGAAGAATGGATTGTACCTGAGCCTGGTTCTGGGGAACGTCAACGTCACGCTCCTGAGCAAGCA GGCTAAGTTTGCCTACAAGGACGAGTATGAGAAGTTCAAGCTCTACCTCACCATCATCCTCATCCTCATCTCCTT CACTTGCCGCTTCCTGCTCAACTCCAGGGTGACAGATGCTGCCTTCAACTTCCTGCTGGTCTGGTACTACTGCAC CCTGACCATCCGGGAGAGCATCCTCATCAACAACGGCTCCCGGATCAAAGGCTGGTGGGTGTTCCATCACTACGT GTCCACCTTCCTGTCGGGAGTCATGCTGACGTGGCCCGACGGTCTCATGTACCAGAAATTCCGGAACCAATTCCT CTCCTTTTCCATGTACCAGAGCTTCGTGCAGTTTCTCCAGTACTACTACCAGAGCGGCTGCCTCTACCGCCTGCG GGCGCTGGGCGAGCGGCACACCATGGACCTCACTGTGGAGGGCTTCCAGTCCTGGATGTGGCGGGGCCTCACCTT CCTGCTGCCTTTTCTTTTCTTTGGACACTTCTGGCAGCTTTTTAACGCGCTGACGTTGTTCAACCTGGCCCAGGA CCCTCAGTGCAAGGAGTGGCAGGGTTGTGCACCACAAGTTTCACAGTCAGCGGCACGGGAGCAAGAAGGATTGAG GCTGGGCCTTCCCCTGCCGGCCCAGAGGGGCTTCTGTCCTGTGTGTTGTGGGAGGGGATGGGAGGCGCCCCTCGA GTGTGCGTGTATCAGGGGGTCTCTTCTATTCTCCCTTGGGTTTTATGGGCGCTGTGGGCCCTGAAGGAAGACCTG GGCCCAGTGCCCTCAATAAAGAGAG GT335 wildype = U53003 Exon5 skipping; deletion of 93 bp gt335 asv1 GATCGCCCGTGGCAAAATCACAGACCTGGCCAACCTCAGTGCAGCCAACCATGATGCTGCCATCTTTCCAGGAGG CTTTGGAGCGGCTAAAAACCTCTTGTGCTGCATTGCACCTGTCCTCGCGGCCAAGGTGCTCAGAGGCGTCGAGGT GACTGTGGGCCACGAGCAGGAGGAAGCTGGCAAGTGGCCTTATGCCGGGACCGCAGAGGC HSSB wildype = AF277319 Alternative splice donor in exon 1; insertion of 183 bp; splicing does not change the protein composition hssb asv1 CCCTGCGTGGCTGGGCTGCTCGGGTTAGATCGTCAGGTGAGGGAGGAAGGGATAGCCAGCGCGAAGGAAGTGCTG GAGTCGTGTGTTTTGGCTGCGCGTGATCCTGCGTGGGTCGGGAGGTGTTTCTGTGTAGGTGTCTGGCCCTTTCAT CAGTCGTGCGGAGGACCGCGTGATTTCCTTCCAGTTCTCCTCGGTTTTCAGGTGGTGGCGCCATCTTCGGAAAAG CCTAAAGATTAGACTGTAAGAAAAGAAAATAGAAGCCATGTTTCGAAGACCTGTATTACAGGTACTTCGTCAGTT APBB1 wildype = BC010854 Alternative splice acceptor in exon 3; insertion of 15 bp apbb1f1 asv1 TGTTTGGCATGCGGAACAGTGCAGCCAGTGATGAGGACTCAAGCTGGGCTACCTTATCCCAGGGCAGCCCCTCCT ATGGCTCCCCAGAGGACACAGCCTCCCACCTGGCAGATTCCTTCTGGAACCCCAACGCCTTCGAGACGGATTCCG ACCTGCCGGCTGGATGGATGAGGGTCCAGG OIP2 wildype = BC020773 Alternative splice acceptor in exon 6; deletion of 37 bp oip2 asv1 AGTTGGGAAATACTACAGTAATCTGTGGAGTTAAAGCAGAATTTGCAGCACCATCAACAGATGCCCCTGATAAAG GATACGTTGATTCCGGTCTGGACCTCCTGGAGAAGAGGCCCAAGTGGCTAGCCAATTCATTGCAGATGTCATTGA AAATTCACAGATAATTCAGAAAGAGGACTT UBEC2C wildype = BC050736 Alternative 5′exon, if any protein is translated, the alternative Met is used. ubec2c asv1 CCAGGAGCTCAGACCGTCTTTGAGANTCTCCCGAAGGAGGAATGGGAGGGTAGGGGCGCTGCCAGACTCCTTCCC TGGTGGGCCTAGATGAAGACGCTCAAGGACCCTCGTGACTTGGCCGAGACAGGGGAAGGGAGAAGTTGAGTCGGG CAAGGAAGAGATGCTAAAGCCTGGGGAATTAAGAACATGCCAGAATCATCCCGAGGGAGTCTGGAATTAGGGAGG GTGAGGACTCGCTAGGATCGTCCTGTGGATCTGGCTACAGCAGGAGCTGATGACCCTCATGATGTCTGGCGATAA AGGGATTTCTGCCTTCCCTGAATCAGACAACCTTTTCAAATGGGTAGGGACCATCCATGG DKFZp313H1733 wildype = BX537867 Exons 13 and 14 spliced out; deletion of 201 bp DKFZp313H1733 asv1 ATTTCAGAGTGCCTGCCCCGGTTGACATGCATGATCAGAGGGATCGGAGACCCACTAGTGTCGGTGTATGCCCGT GCCTACCTGTGCCGGGCTCTGCTGACCGAGATGATGGAAAGGTGTAAGAAACTAGGAAACAATGCCTTGCTGTTG AATTCTGTGATGTCTGCCTTCCGGGCTGAG RNF8 wildype = AB014546 Exon 7 spliced out; deletion of 205 bp rnf8 asv1 AGCACAGAAGGAAGAAGTTCTTAGCCACATGAATGATGTGCTAGAGAATGAGCTCCAATGTATTATTTGTTCAGA ATACTTCATTGAGCAAAGAGATTGTTCTGAAGACCGTGCTCTAAGGGCATTTGAAAGACTGCCAGGTAGTGCGAG CCTGAGATGGTCTGGAGGATTCTCTCTAGC PCNP wildype = BC013916 Exons 2 and 3 spliced out; deletion of 292 bp PCNP asv1 GGGGCTGCAGGGGAGGCCGCGGCGGGGAAAATGGCGGACGGGAAGGCGGGAGACGAGAAGCCTGAAAAGTCGCAG CGAGCTGGAGCCGCCGGAGATACACCAACATCAGCTGGACCAAACTCCTTCAATAAAGGAAAGCATGGGTTTTCT GATAACCAGAAGCTGTGGGAGCGAAATATA WBP2 wildype = BC010616 Alternative splice donor site in exon1; insertion of 59 bp wbp2 asv1 TGCGTTTTGAGTCTCGGGACCCCTGTTGGAGAGACTATGGCGCTCAACAAGAATCACTCGGAGGGCGGCGGAGTG ATCGTCAATAACACCGAGAGGTGAAAACACTGCGGAAGGATCCTGGAGGACCAAAGTTCGGGTGTCGAGGAAGTG GGCGCATCCTAATGTCCTATGATCACGTGGAACTCACATTCAATGACATGAAGAACGTGCCAGAAGCCTTCAAAG GGACCAAGAAAGGCA ALG8 wildype = BC001133 Exon 2 spliced out; deletion of 79 bp alg8 asv1 ACAATTGCCACGGGTACTGGCAATTGGTTTTCGGCTTTGGCGCTCGGGGTGACTCTTCTCAAATGCCTTCTCATC CCCACATAGCAACTTCAGAGTGGACGTTGGATTACCCCCCTTTCTTTGCATGGTTTGAGTATATCCTGTCACATG TTGCCAAATATTTTGATCAAGAAATGCTGA HNRPA2B1 wildype = Additional exon after I exon; insertion of 36 bp, alternative initiation codon used. hnRNPA2B1 asv1 TCCGGTTCGTGTTCGTCCGCGGAGATCTCTCTCATCTCGCTCGGCTGCGGGAAATCGGGCTGAAGCGACTGAGTC CGCGATGGAGAAAACTTTAGAAACTGTTCCTTTGGAGAGGAAAAAGAGAGAAAAGGAACAGTTCCGTAAGCTCTT TATTGGTGGCTTAAGCTTTGAAACCACAGAAGAAAGTTTGAGGAACTACTACGAACAATG ISCU2 wildype = AY009128 Additional exon after I exon; insertion of 96 bp iscu2 asv1 AGGCGCAAGCCGGCAAGATGGCGGCGGCTGGGGCTGGCCGTCTGAGGCGGGTGGCATCGGCTCTGCTGCTGCGGA GCCCCCGCCTGCCCGCCCGGGAGCTGTCGGCCCCGGCCCGACTCTATCACAAGAAGGTATCTCAAATCTGTGAAG TATTGTAGAGGAGACACAAAAGGAATTGGGGGTCACAAATGGTTCTCATTGACATGAGTGTAGACCTTTCTACTC AGGTTGTTGATCATTATGAAAATCCTAGAAACGTGGGGTCCCTTGACAAGACATCTAAAAATGTTGGAACTGGAC TGGTGGGGGCTCCAGCATGTGGTGACGTAATGAAATTACAGATTCAAGTG AKNAh wildype = AB051511 3′ exon insertion after exon 1. aknah asv1 CACAGCCTTGTAGCCGGGAGTCGCTGCCGAGTGGGCGCTCAGTTTTCGGGTCGTCATGGCTGGCTACGAATACGT GAGCCCGGAGCAGCTGGCTGGCTTTGATAAGTACAAGCCCCCGAAAGGATGGAGTTCCTTCTGTTGTGTCAATCG CCTTCATTTTAGTGAAGTTTCCACTCGCCTGTCATGCATACAACTTCGGAGGAGGAGATGATCGTTTGGCAGATG AGGCCCGGGAGGGGAGCGACTTGCCGATGCCATCCTGCTGATGTCTCCACTTCTGCTCCCGGCAGGGACTTCCTA AGCGGCAGCTTGTGGCGCTAGGGCCACCAGATGAAAGGGAGGTGCACAGGAAGGAGCTGTGGAGTGGAAAGAGCG CGGGCTTTCGAGCACATACAAACCTGATTACAAAAGTCAGATTTCTTTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA A1x4 wildype = AB058691 Deletion in 3′UTR; deletion of 92 bp A1x4 asv1 AGGAGCACAGTGCGGCCATTTCCTGGGCCACATGACAGGGCACCCCTGCCCCGTCCCCACCTCGGGACACCATGG GCCACGCCCATGTTTTCCAGGCCCCCAGCCTCCCACTCGACTTTCCTCTTAGGAACCTGGCCCCTCCCTGGCACT GAGGCCCTGACCCCTGCTCCCGGCCACAGGCAGTGGAGAAAGCCAGGTGGCCACGTTTTTCAGCTTCGCATCCAT GATAAGCTGAAAGCGCTTTCTTGCTCCCGCCCACTCCTCTGCTCTGCCTAGTTGA Tyr wildype = M27160 Exon 3 deleted; deletion of 184 bp Tyr asv1 GATGTAGAATTTTGCCTGAGTTTGACCCAATATGAATCTGGTTCCATGGATAAAGCTGCCAATTTCAGCTTTAGA AATACACTGGAAGTATTTTTGAGCAGTGGCTCCGAAGGCACCGTCCTCTTCAAGAAGTTTATCCAGAAGCCAATG ARNT wildype = AL834279 Deletion in exon 11, exons 12-20 deleted; deletion of 1133 nucleotides arnt asv1 AGGAACAGATGCAGGAATGGACTTGGCTCTGTAAAGGATGGGGAACCTCACTTCGTGGTGGTCCACTGCACAGGC TACATCAAGGCCTGGCCCCCAGCAGGTGTTTCCCTCCCAGATGATGACCCAGCCTGAGGTCTTCCAGGAGATGCT GTCCATGCTGGGAGATCAGAGCAACAGCTACAACAATGAAGAATTCCCTGATCTAACTAT ATF3 wildype = BC006322 Additional exon before exon 4; insertion of 151 nucleotides atf3 asv1 ATGAAAGGAAAAAGAGGCGACGAGAAAGAAATAAGATTGCAGCTGCAAAGTGCCGAAACAAGAAGAAGGAGAAGA CGGAGTGCCTGCAGCTTCAGTATTAGCAGAGCCACAGGCCGCCTCTGTGGCATCACCAGGGTTTCTCTGAAGAAG AGGGTCTGCATTTTCCTAAACCCAGTGCTGCTCTCCCATCTCCCATCTTCCTCTCGCAGCTTGATGAGCCCCGGT GTGTCCCAGGAGTCGGAGAAGCTGGAAAGTGTGAATGCTGAACTGAAGGCTCAGATTGAGGAGCTCAAGAACGAG AAGCAGCATTTGATATACATGCTCAACCTTCATCGGCCCACGTGTATTGT BAF250 wildype = AF231056 Exon 16 deleted; deletion of 892 nucleotides baf250 asv1 ACCCCCCGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAACGACATGATTCCTATGGCAATCAGTTCTCCACCCAAGGCACCC CTTCTGGCAGCCCCTTCCCCAGCCAGCAGACTACAATGTATCAACAGCAACAGCAGGAACCCCGGAGGCATGGCG GGTAATGATGTCCCTCAAGTCTGGTCTCCTGGCAGAGAGCACATGGGCATTAGATACCATCAACATCCTGCTGTA TGATGACAACAGCATCATGACCTTCAACCTCAGTCAGCTCCCAGGGTTGCTAGAG BAF250 wildype = AF231056 Deletion in exon 16; deletion of 651 nucleotides baf250 asv2 ACCCCCCGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAACGACATGATTCCTATGGCAATCAGTTCTCCACCCAAGGCACCC CTTCTGGCAGCCCCTTCCCCAGCCAGCAGACTACAATGTATCAACAGCAACAGCAGGTATCCAGCCCTGCTCCCC TGCCCCGGCCAATGGAGAACCGCACCTCTCCTAGCAAGTCTCCATTCCTGCACTCTGGGATGAAAATGCAGAAGG CAGGTCCCCCAGTACCTGCCTCGCACATAGCACCTGCCCCTGTGCAGCCCCCCAT BRF1 wildype = AJ297407 Exons 5-11 deleted, deletion in exon 12; deletion of 2044 nucleotides brf1 asv1 GAGGCTCACGGAATTTGAAGACACCCCCACCAGTCAGTTGACCATTGATGAGTTCATGAAGATCGACCTGGAGGA GGAGTGCGACCCCCCCATCGAGGAGGGAGGGCAGACGGAGGCCCGAGAGCCTCCCCAGGCCTCTTCGTGGGAAGG CCCCAGTACCACTCGTAGGAGGTCTCAGCTCTGGCATGGCTGCCCCGGATGTGGCCGAGG BRF1 wildype = AJ297407 Different 5′ region brf1 asv2 CGGCCGCGTCGACCGGCTGCGCTCACCGGTAGGCCCCGCTCGGGTTCCGCCGAAGCCCAGCCCCCGCAGGTCGGC CCCTCCGACGCCGGCCGCGCCGCAAGGGAGGCCAGCTCGCTCGCAGTGGGGAGGTCGCGGCTCCAGTCCTCGCGT CCCCGCCGTGGTCCCGGTGCCTGTCCCATCCCGCGGGCGGGGCCGTTGCGGGGCCGGGCCCGGGCCGGGGCGAAT CTGCGGCTGCGAATCGGCTGGAGCGGGGCCTCGCGAGAGGCCGAGGCTGGGCGGCTGGGCTGGGCGGGCGGCCGG GGCTGCTCCGGAGGCTCGGGTGGCTTGAGAGTCTTGGGAGGCTCCGCCTGCCCGCCGGTCGCCGGCATGACGGGC CGCGTGTGCCGCGGTTGCGGCGGCACGGACATCGAGCTGGACGCGGCCCGCGGGGACGCGGTGTGCACCGCCTGC GGCTCAGTGCTGGAGGACAACATCATCGTGTCCGAGGTGCAGTTCGTGGAGAGCAGCGGCGGCGGCTCCTCGGCC GTGGGCCAGTTCGTGTCCCTGGACGGTGCTGGCAAAACCCCGACTCTGGGTGGCGGCTTCCACGTGAATCTGGGG AAGGAGTCGAGAGCGCAGACCCTGCAGGATGGGAGGCGCCACATCCACCACCTGGGGAACCAGCTGCAGCTGAAC CAGCACTGCCTGGACACCGCCTTCAACTTCTTCAAGATGGCCGTGAGCAGGCACCTGACCCGCGGCCGGAAGATG GCCCACGTGATTGCTGCCTGCCTCTACCTGGTCTGCCGTACGGAGGGCACGCCGCACATGCTCCTGGTCCTCAGC GACCTGCTCCAGGTGAATGTGTACGTGCTTGGAAAGACGTTTCTTCTCTTGGCAAGAGAGCTCTGCATCAATGCG CCGGCCATAGACCCGTGCCTGTATATTCCACGCTTTGCGCACCTGCTGGAATTCGGGGAGAAGAACCACGAGGTG TCCAT ELF3 wildype = AF017307 Insertion in 5′ UTR; insertion of 114 nucleotides elf3 asv1 CTCCGCCACTCCGGTAGGATTCCCCGCCTGTCATTCCCTAGCCCAGCTCTTGGGAAACTGCAGAGGGGTCCAGAG GATTTGCAGTTCTGAACCTGCACACTCCAGTCTAGGATCTCCGAGCAAGAGCGTAGCCTCATGGCTACAACCTGT GAGATTAGCAACATTTTTAGCAACTACTTCAGTGCGATGTACAGCTCGGAGGACTCCACC ELF3 wildype = AF017307 Deletion in exon 5; deletion of 69 nucleotides elf3 asv2 GCTGCGAGACCTCACTTCCAGCTCTTCTGATGAGCTCAGTTGGATCATTGAGCTGCTGGAGAAGGATGGCATGGC CTTCCAGGAGGCCCTAGACCCAGGGCCCTTTGACCAGGGCAGCCCCTTTGCCCAGGAGCTGCTGGACGACGTCTC CACCGCAGGGACTGGTGCTTCTCGGAGCTCCCACTCCTCAGACTCCGGTGGAAGTGACGTGG Hes6 wildype = BC007939 Deletion in exon 3; deletion of 6 nucleotides hes6 asv1 CCGCAAGGCCCGGAAGCCCCTGGTGGAGAAGAAGCGGCGCGCGCGGATCAACGAGAGCCTGCAGGAGCTGCGGCT GCTGCTGGCGGGCGCCGAGGCCAAGCTGGAGAACGCCGAAGTGCTGGAGCTGACGGTGCGGCGGGTCCAGGGTGT GCTGCGGGGCCGGGCGCGCGAGCGCGAGCAGCTGCAGGCGGAAGCGAGCGAGCGCTTCGC Hes6 wildype = BC007939 Intron retained between exons 3 and 4; insertion of 235 nucleotides hes6 asv2 CTGCTGCTGGCGGGCGCCGAGGTGCAGGCCAAGCTGGAGAACGCCGAAGTGCTGGAGCTGACGGTGCGGCGGGTC CAGGGTGTGCTGCGGGGCCGGGCGCGCGGTGAGTGGCGGCGGGGCGGGCGGGGGCGCCGGCCGCGGGCGCCTGTA ACCCCTGCCAGACGGAGGACTTCCCTCCCGGCGCCCCTGTCCTGTCGGCGGCGAGGGCTCCCACCGGAGCAGGGT GCGCCCCCGCGTCTCCTGGGTGAGCCGCGTCCCCGCGGGCCGGGTGGGCTGGGCCACGCAGTCGCCGCTCACCGC GCGGGACGCGGCTCTCTCCCTCCCACCCTCGGGCCCAGAGCGCGAGCAGCTGCAGGCGGAAGCGAGCGAGCGCTT CGCTGCCGGCTACATCCAGTGCATGCACGAGGTGCACACGTTCGT HesR1 wildype = BC001873 Exon 3 longer, deletion in 3′UTR; insertion of 12 nucleotides; deletion of nucleotides in 3′ UTR. hesr1 asv1 GAAGCGCCGACGAGACCGGATCAATAACAGTTTGTCTGAGCTGAGAAGGCTGGTACCCAGTGCTTTTGAGAAGCA GGTAATGGAGCAAGGATCTGCTAAGCTAGAAAAAGCCGAGATCCTGCAGATGACCGTGGATCACCTGAAAATGCT GCATACGGCAGGAGGGAAAGGTTACTTTGACGCGCACGCCCTTGCTATGGACTATCGGAG HOXA1 wildype = S79869 Two deletions in exon 1; deletion of 203 nucleotides and deletion of 466 nucleotides; deletion of 669 nucleotides in total hoxa1 asv1 CACCACCCCCAGCCGGCTACCTACCAGACTTCCGGGAACCTGGGGGTGTCCTACTCCCACTCAAGTTGTGGTCCA AGCTATGGCTCACAGAACTTCAGTGCGCCTTACAGCCCCTACGCGTTAAATCAGGAAGCAGACCCACCAAGAAGC CTGTCGCTCCCCCGCATCGGAGACATCTTCTCCAGCGCAGACTTTTGACTGGATGAAAGTCAAAAGAAACCCTCC CAAAACAGGGAAAGTTGGAGAGTACGGCTACCTGGGTCAACCCAACGCGGTGCGCACCAACTTCACTACCAAGCA GCTCACGGAACTGGAGAAGGAGTTCCACTTCAACAAGTACCTGACGCGCG HOXA1 wildype = S79869 One deletion in exon 1; deletion of 466 nucleotides hoxa1 asv2 AGCCTGTCGCTCCCCCGCATCGGAGACATCTTCTCCAGCGCAGACTTTTGACTGGATGAAAGTCAAAAGAAACCC TCCCAAAACAGGGAAAGTTGGAGAGTACGGCTACCTGGGTCAACCCAACGCGGTGCGCACCAACTTCACTACCAA GCAGCTCACGGAACTGGAGAAGGAGTTCCACTTCAACAAGTACCTGACGCGCGCCCGCAG HRY wildype = AK000415 Deletion in exon 1; deletion of 9 nucleotides hry asv1 CGTGAAGAACTCCAAAAATAAAATTCTCTAGAGATAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGAAAATGCCAGCTGATATAATGG AGAAAAATTCCTCGTCCCCGGTAGCAGCCAGTGTCAACACGACACCGGATAAACCAAAGACAGCATCTGAGCACA GAAAGTCATCAAAGCCTATTATGGAGAAAAGACGAAGAGCAAGAATAAATGAAAGTCTGA AP-4 wildype = BC012925 Deletion in exon 14; deletion of 57 nucleotides ap-4 asv1 ACATCTCCGCGGAGCAGAAGCGGCGCTTCAACATCAAGCTGGGGTTTGACACCCTTCATGGGCTCGTGAGCACAC TCAGTGCCCAGCCCAGCCTCAAGGAGCGTGCGGGCTTGCAGGAGGAGGCCCAGCAGCTGCGGGATGAGATTGAGG AGCTCAATGCCGCCATTAACCTGTGCCAGCAGCAGCTGCCCGCCACAGGGGTACCCATCA MOX1 wildype = U10492 Exon 2 deleted; deletion of 173 nucleotides mox1 asv1 GGCCCGGCAGGGGGTTCCAAGGAAATGGGGACCAGCAGCCTGGGCCTGGTGGACACCACAGGAGGCCCAGGCGAT GACTACGGGGTGCTTGGGAGCACTGCCAATGAGACAGAGAAGAAATCATCCAGGCGGAGAAAGGAGAGTTCAGGT CAAAGTGTGGTTCCAGAACCGAAGGATGAAGTGGAAGCGTGTGAAGGGAGGTCAGCCCATCTCCCCCAATGGGCA GGACCCTGAGGATGGGGACTCCACAGCCTCTCCAAGTTCAGAGTGAGATTCTGCA RPGR wildype = BC031624 Additional exon between exons 15 and 16; insertion of 39 nucleotides rpgr asv1 TGTGAAGGTGCATGGAGGAAGAAAGGAGAAAACAGAGATCCTATCAGATGACCTTACAGACAAAGCAGAGTATTC TGCCAGTCACTCCCAAATTGTTTCAGTTTAAAAGGATCATGAATTTTCTAAAACTGAGGAACTAAAACTAGAAGA TGTGGATGAGGAAATTAATGCTGAAAATGTGGAAAGCAAGAAGAAAACTGTGGGAGATGA TNNT2 wildype = X74819 Exons 3, 4 and 12 deleted; deletion of 22 nucleotides and deletion of 9 nucleotides; deletion of 31 nucleotides in total tnnt2 asv1 GAGCAGACGCCTCCAGGATCTGTCGGCAGCTGCTGTTCTGAGGGAGAGCAGAGACCATGTCTGACATAGAAGAGG TGGTGGAAGAGTACGAGGAGGAGTGAAGCAGGAGGAGGCAGCGGAAGAGGATGCTGAAGCAGAGGCTGAGACCGA GGAGACCAGGGCAGAAGAAGATGAAGAAGAAGAGGAAGCAAAGGAGGCTGAAGATGGCCCAATGGAGGAGTCCAA ACCAAAGCCCAGGTCGTTCATGCCCAACTTGGTGCCTCCCAAGATCCCCGATGGAGAGAGAGTGGACTTTGATGA CATCCACCGGAAGCGCATGGAGAAGGACCTGAATGAGTTGCAGGCGCTGATCGAGGCTCACTTTGAGAACAGGAA GAAAGAGGAGGAGGAGCTCGTTTCTCTCAAAGACAGGATCGAGAGACGTCGGGCAGAGCGGGCCGAGCAGCAGCG CATCCGGAATGAGCGGGAGAAGGAGCGGCAGAACCGCCTGGCTGAAGAGAGGGCTCGACGAGAGGAGGAGGAGAA CAGGAGGAAGGCTGAGGATGAGGCCCGGAAGAAGAAGGCTTTGTCCAACATGATGCATTTTGGGGGTTACATCCA GAAGACAGAGCGGAAAAGTGGGAAGAGGCA GACTGAGCGGGAAAAGAAGAAGAAGATTCTGGCTGAGAGGAGGAAGGTGCTGGCCATTGACCACCTGAAT WT1 wildype = X51630 Deletion in exon 9; deletion of 9 nucleotides wt1 asv1 GAAACCATTCCAGTGTAAAACTTGTCAGCGAAAGTTCTCCCGGTCCGACCACCTGAAGACCCACACCAGGACTCA TACAGGTGAAAAGCCCTTCAGCTGTCGGTGGCCAAGTTGTCAGAAAAAGTTTGCCCGGTCAGATGAATTAGTCCG CCATCACAACATGCATCAGAGAAACATGACCAAACTCCAGCTGGCGCTTTGAGGGGTCTC WT1 wildype = X51630 Exon 5 deleted; deletion of 51 nucleotides wt1 asv2 CTGAGGACGCCCTACAGCAGTGACAATTTATACCAAATGACATCCCAGCTTGAATGCATGACCTGGAATCAGATG AACTTAGGAGCCACCTTAAAGGGCCACAGCACAGGGTACGAGAGCGATAACCACACAACGCCCATCCTCTGCGGA GCCCAATACAGAATACACACGCACGGTGTCTTCAGAGGCATTCAGGATGTGCGACGTGTG MITF wildype = AB006909 Different 5′ region, 3′ exon inserted after exon 3 mitf asv1 CTTTGCCAGTCCATCTTCAAATTGGAATTATAGAAAGTAGAGGGAGGGATAGTCTACCGTCTCTCACTGGATTGG TGCCACCTAAAACATTGTTATGCTGGAAATGCTAGAATATAATCACTATCAGGTGCAGACCCACCTCGAAAACCC CACCAAGTACCACATACAGCAAGCCCAACGGCAGCAGGTAAAGCAGTACCTTTCTACCACTTTAGCAAATAAACA TGCCAACCAAGTCCTGAGCTTGCCATGTCCAAACCAGCCTGGCGATCATGTCATGCCACCGGTGCCGGGGAGCAG CGCACCCAACAGCCCCATGGCTATGCTTACGCTTAACTCCAACTGTGAAAAAGAGTTTATGAAGCAGTGAGAATG CAGAGAGAGGAGAAGGGGAGGTGGAAAAGGAAAAGCAAAAATAGAAGAGGTGTGGGACATGCTGTTTAGAAGTTC CGCTTGTTGTGAATGTCTGGAATATTATTTTTATTTCTCCCTGAGTTGGGGGAAGAAAGAATGGAATATGCATGG ATGGATTTGAATCATATAGCACATGAGACTTTAACGGAAACGCAAAGGTTTAATTGCTGGATACATTCTGTTTCA TAATAAAATTGCCACTGCCCGTTAAATCTGCTTTGGTGAAGGCTGGATTGGAAACAAGACTCAAACTACCTTCAA GCTAATTGGTGCATCAAAATTTGCAGCATACAAATACCTGAGAGCTGTGATTTAATGCTCATTATTTCCAAATTA TGAGATGATGAGCTTCATCTCAATGGGATTTACCGTACTATGGACTATGAAGTGTTTATGCAAATTCGGAGGCAA CTTTTCTAGAGTTGGATTGATTTTAATTTCTAGAGGGACTAAAATCTTTGCCCCTATGCCCAAACCAACTGCTTT ATTTTTCTCTACCCAAATTTGTCATCTAGCAAGATGATTTGACACAAGTTCTTCCTTCATTATTTCATCTTTTGG TCAGATTCCACTTTGTTTGAAAGCTTAGTTCATCTTGTTGCTGTGCCATCAGCTTTGTGTGAACAGGTCATTAAA AAGTCATTTGCAAATCCAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA NYBR1 wildype = AF269088 Exon 17 deleted, 6 additional alternative exons after exon 2.2; deletion of 29 nucleotides (exon 17). NYBR1 asv1 AGAGTCCCTGTGAGACGGTTTCACAGAAGGATGTGTATTTACCCAAAGCTACACATCAAAAAGAATTCGATACCT TAAGTGGAAAATTAGAAGCCTACCTGTGGAAGGAAAGTTTCTCTTCCAAATAAAGCCTTAGAATTAAAGGACAGA GAAACATTCAAAGCAGAGTCTCCTGATAAAGATGGTCTTCTGAAGCCTACCTGTGGAAGGAAAGTTTCTCTTCCA AATAAAGCCTTAGAATTAAAGGACAGAGAAACACTCAAAGCAGAGTCTCCTGATAATGATGGTCTTCTGAAGCCT ACCTGTGGAAGGAAAGTTTCTCTTCCAAATAAAGCTTTAGAATTGAAGGACAGAGAAACATTCAAAGCAGCTCAG ATGTTCCCATCAGAATCCAAACAAAAGGATGATGAAGAAAATTCTTGGGATTTTGAGAGTTTCCTTGAGGCTCTC TTACAGAATGATGGGTGTTTACCCAAGGCTACACATCAAAAAGAATTCGATACCTTAAGTGGAAAATTAGAAGAG TCTCCTGATAAAGATGGTCTTCTGAAGCCTACCTGTGGAAGGAAAGTTTCTCTTCCAAATAAAGCCTTAGAATTA AAGGACAGAGAAACACTCAAAGCAGAGTCTCCTGATAAAGATGGTCTTCTGAAGCCTACCTGTGTAAGGAAAGTT TCTCTTCCAAATAAAGCCTTAGAATTAAAGGACAGAGAAACATTAAAAGCAGCTCAGATGTTCCCATCAGAATCC AAACAAAAGGATGATGAAGAAAATTCTTGGGATTTTGAGAGTTTCCTTGAGACTCTCTTACAGAATGATGTGTGT TTACCCAAGGCTACACATCAAAAAGAATTCGATACCTTAAGTGGAAAATTAGAAGATTTCAGGCCGGGCACTGTG GTTCACGCCTGTAATCCCAGCCCTTTGGGAGGCAGAGGCATGCGGATCACGAGGTCAGCAGATCGAGACCATCCT GGCTAACATGGTGAAACCCCGTCTCTATGAAAAAATACAAAAAATTAGCCAAGCATGGTGGTGGGTGCCTCTAGT CCCAGCTACTCGGGAGGCTGAGGCAGGAGAATGTGAGAACCCATGAGGCAGAGATTGCAGTGAGCCAAGATCATG CACCTACACTCCAGCCTGGGTGACAGGGCCAGACTCTGTGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGAATTTATTTATTGTGG CACTATTCACAACAGCAAAGACTTGGAACCAAACCAAATGTCCAACAACGCTAGACTGGATTAAGAAAGTATGGC ACATATACACCATGGAACACTACGCAGCCATAAAAAATGATAAGTTCATGTCCTTTGTAGGGACATGAATGAAAC TGGAAACCATCATTCTCAGCAAACTCTCGCAAGGACAAAAAACCAAACACTGCGTGTTCTCACTCATAGGTGTGA ATTGAACAATGAGAACACATGGACACAGGAAGGGGAACATCACACTCCGGGGACTGTTGTGGGGTTGGAGGAGGG ATAGCATTAGGAGATATACCTAATGCTAAATGACGAGTTAATGGGAACCTGCACATTGTGCACATGTACCCTAAA ACTTAAAGTATAATATTAAAATAAAAAATAAAGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA Oct1 wildype = BC052274 Alternative exon 2 used, additional exon after exon 3; insertion of 289 nucleotides (additional exon after exon 3). oct1 asv1 AAAAATGGCGGACGGAGGAGCAGCGAGTCAAGATGAGAGTTCAGCCGCGGCGGCAGCAGCAGCAGCTACTACTGG GCTGTAAACAGTGATGCCAGCAAAATGTTACTTCAGCTGATGAAGTGATGCTGTTTCGAGAATTTGAAAGCAATT TTTCAGTGGATAAAGAAGTTGACAGCACGATTTGTTGGATGTGATGAAGGATTAATCAGCATACACCTTCACTTG TATTAGCTTAAGATGGAATGGTTCTGGGCAATATAAAATAACAGACTCAAGAATGAACAATCCGTCAGAAACCAG TAAACCATCTATGGAGAGTGGAGATGGCAACACAGCATGGACCCTTTTATGATATGGGCACTGAAACTAAAGCAC ATGGTGGAAGAAGGATTGGTAGCATATAGAAACATTTTTAGACAAATGAAAAAGCAAAAAAGTCAGAAATTACAG TGTATTTCCATAAAGTTACACCAAGTGTGCCTGCCTCTCCTGCCTCCCCTTCCAGCTTTTTGTCTTCTGCCATTT CTGAGTCAGCAAGACCCCTCCTGTTCCTCCTTCTCAGCCTACTCAGCATGAAGACAAGGATGAAGATCTTTGTGA TGATCCACTTCCACTTAATGAATAGCACACAAACCAATGGTCTGGACTTTCAGAAGCAGCCTGTGCCTGTAGGAG GAGCAATCTCAACAGCCCAGGCGCA Oct1 wildype = BC052274 OCTAMER-BINDING TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1 Exon 2 deleted; deletion of 101 nucleotides in 5′ UTR oct1 asv2 GAGGAGCAGCGAGTCAAGATGAGAGTTCAGCCGCGGCGGCAGCAGCAGCAGACTCAAGAATGAACAATCCGTCAG AAACCAGTAAACCATCTATGGAGAGTGGAGATGGCAACACAGGCACACAAACCAATGGTCTGGAC Oct2 wildype = X13810 Deletion in exon 13; deletion of 136 nucleotides oct2 asv1 GCTACAGCCCCCATATGGTCACACCCCAAGGGGGCGCGGGGACCTTACCGTTGTCCCAAGCTTCCAGCAGTCTGA GCACAACAGCACAAACCCCAGCCCTCAAGGCAGCCACTCGGCTATCGGCTTGTCAGGCCTGAACCCCAGCACGGG CCCTGGCCTCTGGTGGAACCCTGCCCCTTACCAGCCTTGATGGCAGCGGGAATCTGGTGC PAX2 wildype = L25597 Additional exon inserted after exon 5, exon 9 deleted; insertion of 69 nucleotides (additional exon); deletion of 83 nucleotides (exon 9) pax2 asv1 ACGGCCTCCCCTCCTGTTTCCAGCGCCTCCAATGACCCAGTGGGATCCTACTCCATCAATGGGATCCTGGGGATT CCTCGCTCCAATGGTGAGAAGAGGAAACGTGATGAAGTTGAGGTATACACTGATCCTGCCCACATTAGAGGAGGT GGAGGTTTGCATCTGGTCTGGACTTTAAGAGATGTGTCTGAGGGCTCAGTCCCCAATGGAGATTCCCAGAGTGGT GTGGACAGTTTGCGGAAGCACTTGCGAGCTGACACCTTCACCCAGCAGCAGCTGGAAGCTTTGGATCGGGTCTTT GAGCGTCCTTCCTACCCTGACGTCTTCCAGGCATCAGAGCACATCAAATCAGAACAGGGGAACGAGTACTCCCTC CCAGCCCTGACCCCTGGGCTTGATGAAGTCAAGTCGAGTCTATCTGCATCCACCAACCCTGAGCTGGGCAGCAAC GTGTCAGGCACACAGACATACCCAGTTGTGACTGGTCGTGACATGGCGAGCACCACTCTGCCTGGTTACCCCCCT CACGTGCCCCCCACTGGCCAGGGAAGCTACCCCACCTCCACCCTGGCAGGAATGGTGCCTGGGAGCGAGTTCTCC GGCAACCCGTACAGCCACCCCCAGTACACGGCCTACAACGAGGCTTGGAGATTCAGCAACCCCGCCTTACTAAGT TCCCCTTATTATTATAGTGCCGCCC CD151 wildype = NM_139030 Additional exon after exon 2. Ins 60 nucleotides. Splicing does not change the protein. cd151 asv1 CGCCCCCGCAGCTGCCGCCGCCGCCAGGGCCCGGACTCGGACGCGTGGTAGCCTAGAGTCCTGGGGAGCTTCTGT CCACCTGTCCTGCAGAGGAGTCGTTTCCAGCCCGGGCCCCAGGATGGGTGAGTTCAACGAGAAGAAGACAACATG TGGCACCGTTTGCCTCAAGTACCTGCTGTTTACCTACAATTGCTGCTTCTGGCTGGCTGGCCTGGCTGTCATGGC PCF wildype = X92720 Alternative splice acceptor inside exon 10 pcf asv1 CCCGCCTTCCATACCTCCCCGGCTCCGCTCGGTTCCTGGCCACCCCGCAGCCCCTGCCCAGGTGCCATGGCCGCA TTGTACCGCCCTGGCCTGCGGCTTAACTGGCATGGGCTGAGCCCCTTGGGCTGGCCATCATGCCGTAGCATCCAG ACCCTGCGAGTGCTTAGTGGAGATCTGGGCCAGCTTCCCACTGGCATTCGAGATTTTGTAGAGCACAGTGCCCGC CTGTGCCAACCAGAGGGCATCCACATCTGTGATGGAACTGAGGCTGAGAATACTGCCACACTGACCCTGCTGGAG CAGCAGGGCCTCATCCGAAAGCTCCCCAAGTACAATAACTGCTGGCTGGCCCGCACAGACCCCAAGGATGTGGCA CGAGTAGAGAGCAAGACGGTGATTGTAACTCCTTCTCAGCGGGACACGGTACCACTCCCGCCTGGTGGGGCCTGT GGGCAGCTGGGCAACTGGATGTCCCCAGCTGATTTCCAGCGAGCTGTGGATGAGAGGTTTCCAGGCTGCATGCAG GGCCGCACCATGTATGTGCTTCCATTCAGCATGGGTCCTGTGGGCTCCCCGCTGTCCCGCATCGGGGTGCAGCTC ACTGACTCAGCCTATGTGGTGGCAAGCATGCGTATTATGACCCGACTGGGGACACCTGTGCTTCAGGCCCTGGGA GATGGTGACTTTGTCAAGTGTCTGCACTCCGTGGGCCAGCCCCTGACAGGACAAGGGGAGCCAGTGAGCCAGTGG CCGTGCAACCCAGAGAAAACCCTGATTGGCCACGTGCCCGACCAGCGGGAGATCATCTCCTTCGGCAGCGGCTAT GGTGGCAACTCCCTGCTGGGCAAGAAGTGCTTTGCCCTACGCATCGCCTCTCGGCTGGCCCGGGATGAGGGCTGG CTGGCAGAGCACATGCTGATCCTGGGCATCACCAGCCCTGCAGGGAAGAAGGCGCTATGTGCAGCCGCCTTCCCT AGTGCCTGTGGCAAGACCAACCTGGCTATGATGCGGCCTGCACTGCCAGGCTGGAAAGTGGAGTGTGTGGGGGAT GATATTGCTTGGATGAGGTTTGACAGTGAAGGTCGACTCCGGGCCATCAACCCTGAGAACGGCTTCTTTGGGGTT GCCCCTGGTACCTCTGCCACCACCAATCCCAACGCCATGGCTACAATCCAGAGTAACACTATTTTTACCAATGTG GCTGAGACCAGTGATGGTGGCGTGTACTGGGAGGGCATTGACCAGCCTCTTCCACCTGGTGTTACTGTGACCTCC TGGCTGGGCAAACCCTGGAAACCTGGTGACAAGGAGCCCTGTGCACATCCCAACTCTCGATTTTGTGCCCCGGCT CGCCAGTGCCCCATCATGGACCCAGCCTGGGAGGCCCCAGAGGGTGTCCCCATTGACGCCATCATCTTTGGTGGC CGCAGACCCAAAGGGGTACCCCTGGTATACGAGGCCTTCAACTGGCGTCATGGGGTGTTTGTGGGCAGAGCCATG CGCTCTGAGTCCACTGCTGCAGCAGAACACAAAAGGACTTCTGGGAACAGGAGGTTCGTGACATTCGGAGCTACC TGACAGAGCAGGTCAACCAGGATCTGCCCAAAGAGGTGTTGGCTGAGCTTGAGGCCCTGGAGAGACGTGTGCACA AAATGTGACCTGAGGCCTAGTCTAGCAAGAGGACATAGCACCCTCATCTGGGAATAGGGAAGGCACCTTGCAGAA AATATGAGCAATTGATATTAACTAACATCTTCAATGTGCCATAGACCTTCCCACAAAGACTGTCCAATAATAAGA GATGCTTATCTATTTTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA ZNF398 wildype = AY049743 Different 5′ region znf398 asv1 TTAGACAGCGCAGGGCCATGGCTGAGGCGGCCCCGGCCCCGACATCTGAATGGGACTCCGAGTGCCTTACATCCC TGCAGCCCCTTCCTCTTCCTACACCCCCAGCAGCAAATGAGGCACACCTGCAGACAGCAGCTATC BIN1 wildype = U87558 Exons 12 and 13 deleted; deletion of 261 nucleotides bin1 asv1 CTGCCGCCACCCCCGAGATCAGAGTCAACCACGAGCCAGAGCCGGCCGGCGGGGCCACGCCCGGGGCCACCCTCC CCAAGTCCCCATCTCAGCCCACAGAGAGTCCAGCCGGCAGCCTGCCTTCCGGGGAGCCCAGCGCTGCCGAGGGCA CCTTTGCTGTGTCCTGGCCCAGCCAGACGGCCGAGCCGGGGCCTGCCCAACCAGCAGAGG BIN1 wildype = U87558 Exon 12 deleted; deletion of 129 nucleotides bin1 asv2 CTGCCGCCACCCCCGAGATCAGAGTCAACCACGAGCCAGAGCCGGCCGGCGGGGCCACGCCCGGGGCCACCCTCC CCAAGTCCCCATCTCAGTTTGAGGCCCCGGGGCCTTTCTCGGAGCAGGCCAGTCTGCTGGACCTGGACTTTGACC CCCTCCCGCCCGTGACGAGCCCTGTGAAGGCACCCACGCCCTCTGGTCAGTCAATTCCAT EAAT2 wildype = D85884 Exon 8 deleted; deletion of 135 nucleotides. eaat2 asv1 CGCCATCTTTATAGCCCAAATGAATGGTGTTGTCCTGGATGGAGGACAGATTGTGACTGTAAGGGACAGGATGAG AACTTCAGTCAATGTTGTGGGTGACTCTTTTGGGGCTGGGATAGTCTATCACCTCTCCAAGTCTGAGCTGGATAC EAAT2 wildype = D85884 Exon 6 deleted; deletion of 234 nucleotides eaat2 asv2 GATGGGAGATCAGGCCAAGCTGATGGTGGATTTCTTCAACATTTTGAATGAGATTGTAATGAAGTTAGTGATCAT GATCATGTGTGCTGGAACTTTGCCTGTCACCTTTCGTTGCCTGGAAGAAAATCTGGGGATTGATAAGCGTGTGAC EAAT2 wildype = D85884 Deletion in exon 5, exon 6 deleted; deletion of 334 nucleotides eaat2 asv3 AGACTAAGATGGTTATCAAGAAGGGCCTGGAGTTCAAGGATGGGATGAACGTCTTAGGTCTGATAGGGTTTTTCA TTGCTTTTGTGCTGGAACTTTGCCTGTCACCTTTCGTTGCCTGGAAGAAAATCTGGGGATTGATAAGCGTGTGAC ELF1 wildype = M82882 Retained intron; insertion of 118 nucleotides elf1/1 asv1 GAAGAGCCCAATGACATGATTACTGAGAGTTCACTGGATGTTGCTGAAGAAGAAATCATAGACGATGATGATGAT GACATCACCCTTACAGTGGAAACAGGGTTTCTCCATGTTGGCCAGTCTCAGACTCCTGACCTCAAGCAATCTGCT TGCCTCGGCTTCCCAAAGTGCGGGATTACAGGAATGAGCCACTGCGCCAGCCAGGTTTGTTGAAGCTTCTTGTCA TGACGGGGATGAAACAATTGAAACTATTGAGGCTGCTGAGGCACTCCTCAATATG ELF1 wildype = M82882 Additional 5′ exon, deletion in exon 1, exons 2-4 deleted; deletion of 797 nucleotides elf1 asv2 GAGCAGCGGCGGCGGCGGCGGCGGCGGCAGCAGCAGCTTCAGTAGCGCAGAGGCGGCGGTGGCGAGAGGTGCGGC GAAGGAGGCAGAGGCACTTATGCTTGTCAGGCCAAGAAGCTTGAGAGAAGAAAAATTTCAGAAAAATTGTCTCAA TTTGACTAGAATATCAATGAACCAGGAAAAAAGGAAGAAAAACTAAACCACCATGACCAGATTCCCCAGCCACTA CGCCAAATATATCTGTGAAGAAGAAAAACAAAGATGGAAAGGGAAACACAATTTA FGFR2 wildype = M87770 Exons 2 and 3 deleted, alternative exon 5; deletion of 345 nucleotides (exons 2 and 3) fgfr2 asv1 GGATTGGTACCGTAACCATGGTCAGCTGGGGTCGTTTCATCTGCCTGGTCGTGGTCACCATGGCAACCTTGTCCC TGGCCCGGCCCTCCTTCAGTTTAGTTGAGGATACCACATTAGAGCCAGAAGGAGCACCATACTGGACCAACACAG AAAAGATGGAAAAGCGGCTCCATGCTGTGCCTGCGGCCAACACTGTCAAGTTTCGCTGCCCAGCCGGGGGGAACC CAATGCCAACCATGCGGTGGCTGAAAAACGGGAAGGAGTTTAAGCAGGAGCATCGCATTGGAGGCTACAAGGTAC GAAACCAGCACTGGAGCCTCATTATGGAAAGTGTGGTCCCATCTGACAAGGGAAATTATACCTGTGTGGTGGAGA ATGAATACGGGTCCATCAATCACACGTACCACCTGGATGTTGTGGAGCGATCGCCTCACCGGCCCATCCTCCAAG CCGGACTGCCGGCAAATGCCTCCACAGTGGTCGGAGGAGACGTAGAGTTTGTCTGCAAGGTTTACAGTGATGCCC AGCCCCACATCCAGTGGATCAAGCACGTGGAAAAGAACGGCAGTAAATACGGGCCCGACGGGCTGCCCTACCTCA AGGTTCTCAAGGCCGCCGGTGTTAACACCACGGACAAAGAGATTGAGGTTCTCTATATTCGGAATGTAACTTTTG AGGACGCTGGGGAATATACGTGCTTGGCGGGTAATTCTATTGGGATATCCTTTCACTCTGCATGGTTGACAGTTC TGCCAGCGCCTGGAAGAGAAAAGGAGATTACAGCTTCCCCAGACTACCTGGAGATAGCCATTTACTGCATAGGGG TCTTCTTAATCGCCT GABARG2 wildype = BC059389 Exon 9 deleted; deletion of 24 nucleotides gabarg2 asv1 TGTCTTCTCTGCTCTGGTGGAGTATGGCACCTTGCATTATTTTGTCAGCAACCGGAAACCAAGCAAGGACAAAGA TAAAAAGAAGAAAAACCCTGCCCCTACCATTGATATCCGCCCAAGATCAGCAACCATTCAAATGAATAATGCTAC ACACCTTCAAGAGAGAGATGAAGAGTACGGCTATGAGTGTCTGGACGGCAAGGACTGTGC GATA1 wildype = X17254 Deletion in exon 6; deletion of 335 nucleotides gata1 asv1 TGTCAGTAAACGGGCAGGTACTCAGTGCACCAACTGCCAGACGACCACCACGACACTGTGGCGGAGAAATGCCAG TGGGGATCCCGTGTGCAATGCCTGCGGCCTCTACTACAAGCTACACCACCAGCACTACTGTGGTGGCTCCGCTCA GCTCATGAGGGCACAGAGCATGGCCTCCAGAGGAGGGGTGGTGTCCTTCTCCTCTTGTAG Gli2 wildype = AB007295 Deletion in exon 5; deletion of 51 nucleotides gli2 asv1 AGTGAGTCGGCCGTCAGCAGCACCGTCAACCCTGTCGCCATTCACAAGCGCAGCAAGGTCAAGACCGAGCCTGAG GGCCTGCGGCCGGCCTCCCCTCTGGCGCTGACGCAGGAGCAGCTGGCTGACCTCAAGGAAGATCTGGACAGGGAT GACTGTAAGCAGGAGGCTGAGGTGGTCATCTATGAGACCAACTGCCACTGGGAAGACTGC GLRA2 wildype = AY437083 Alternative exon 3 glra2 asv1 CGGCTTTCTGCAAAGACCATGACTCCAGGTCTGGAAAACAACCTTCACAGACCCTATCTCCTTCAGATTTCTTGG ACAAGTTAATGGGAAGGACATCAGGATATGATGCAAGAATCAGGCCAAATTTTAAAGGGCCTCCTGTAAATGTTA CCTGCAACATATTTATCAACAGCTTTGGGTCAATAGCAGAAACTACAATGGACTACCGAGTGAATATTTTTCTGA GACAACAGTGGAATGATTCACGGCTGGCGTACAGTGAGTACCCAGATGACTCCCTGGACTTGGACCCATCCATGC TAGACTCCATTTGGAAACCAGATTTGTTCTTTGCCAATGAGAAGGGTGCC GTF2F1 wildype = X64037 Deletion in exon 5, cryptic splicings in exons 4 and 6; deletion of 396 nucleotides gtf2f1 asv1 GCTTGAGCAACAAGAAAATCTACCAGGAGGAGGAGAAGGAGAAACGTGGCCGCAGGAAGGCGAGCGAGCTGCGCA TCCACGACCTGGAGGACGACCTGGAGATGTCGTCCGATGCCAGTGATGCCAGTGGTGAGGAGGGG GTF2F1 wildype = X64037 general transcription factor IIF, polypeptide 1, 74 kDa Intron retained between exons 10 and 11; insertion of 79 nucleotides gtf2f1 asv2 CCCGCAGGAGAAGAAGCGCAGGAAAGACAGCAGCGAGGAGTCGGACAGCTCAGAGGAGAGCGACATTGACAGCGA GGCCTCCTCAGCCCTCTTCATGGCGGTAAGGCCCAGCCCGGTGGCGGGGGAGGCCTGGGCGTCTGTTTGCAGACT CACCCAGCTCCCAGCCCTGACCTCTGCAGAAGAAGAAGACGCCACCCAAGAGAGAGCGGAAGCCGTCGGGAGGGA GCTCAAGGGGCAACAGCCGCCCAGGCACGCCCAGCGCAGAGGGTGGCAGCACCTC ZNF147 wildype = BC042541 Exon 6 deleted; deletion of 27 nucleotides znf147 asv1 GGGCGGCTCCAGGAGCTCACCCCCAGTTCAGGTGACCCTGGAGAGCATGACCCAGCGTCCACACACAAATCCACA CGCCCTGTGAAGAAGGTCTCCACCCCTGTCCCTGCCTTACCCAGCAAGCTTCCCACGTTTGGAGCCCCGGAACAG TTAGTGGATTTAAAACAAGCTGGCTTGGAGGCTGCAGCCAAAGCCACCAG Her wildype = M94166 Alternative exon 7 used her asv1 AAAACTTTCTGTGTGAATGGAGGGGAGTGCTTCATGGTGAAAGACCTTTCAAACCCCTCGAGATACTTGTGCAAG TGCCAACCTAACTTCACTGGAGACAGATGTACTGAGAATGTGCCCATGAAAGTCCAAAACCAAGAAAAGGCGGAG GAGCTGTACCAGAAGAGAGTGCTGACCATAACCGGCATCTGCATCGCCCTCCTTGTGGTCGGCATCATGTGTGTG GTGGCCTACTGCAAAACCAAGAAACAGCGGAAAAAGCTGCATGACCGTCTTCGGC MAG wildype = BC053347 Alternative exon after exon 10; insertion of 45 nucleotides mag asv1 GGGGACAACCCTCCCGTCCTGTTCAGCAGCGACTTCCGCATCTCTGGGGCACCAGAGAAGTACGAGTCCAAAGAG GTTTCTACCCTGGAATCTCACTGAGTGCCCCAGGAGAGCGAGAGGCGCCTGGGATCTGAGAGGAGGCTGCTGGGC CTTCGGGGTGAGCCCCCAGAGCTGGACCTGAGCTATTCTCACTCGGACCTGGGGAAACGG NCAM wildype = S71824 Exon insertion between exons 6 and 7; insertion of 30 nucleotides ncam asv1 CCATCACCTGGAGGACTTCTACCCGGAACATCAGCAGCGAAGAAAAGGCTTCGTGGACTCGACCAGAGAAGCAAG AGACTCTGGATGGGCACATGGTGGTGCGTAGCCATGCCCGTGTGTCGTCGCTGACCCTGAAGAGCATCCAGTACA CTGATGCCGGAGAGTACATCTGCACCGCCAGCAACACCATCGGCCAGGACTCCCAGTCCA NMDAR1 wildype = D13515 Exon 19 deleted, deletion in exon 20; deletion of 464 nucleotides nmdar1 asv1 CGGGATCTTCCTGATTTTCATCGAGATTGCCTACAAGCGGCACAAGGATGCTCGCCGGAAGCAGATGCAGCTGGC CTTTGCCGCCGTTAACGTGTGGCGGAAGAACCTGCAGCAGTACCATCCCACTGATATCACGGGCCCGCTCAACCT CTCAGATCCCTCGGTCAGCACCGTGGTGTGAGGCCCCCGGAGGCGCCCACCTGCCCAGTT TAU wildype = BC000558 Exon 10 inserted; insertion of 93 nucleotides tau asv1 GCCGTCTTCCGCCAAGAGCCGCCTGCAGACAGCCCCCGTGCCCATGCCAGACCTGAAGAATGTCAAGTCCAAGAT CGGCTCCACTGAGAACCTGAAGCACCAGCCGGGAGGCGGGAAGGTGCAGATAATTAATAAGAAGCTGGATCTTAG CAACGTCCAGTCCAAGTGTGGCTCAAAGGATAATATCAAACACGTCCCGGGAGGCGGCAGTGTGCAAATAGTCTA CAAACCAGTTGACCTGAGCAAGGTGACCTCCAAGTGTGGCTCATTAGGCAACATCCATCATAAACCAGGAGGTGG CCAGGTGGAAGTAAAATCTGAGAAGCTTGACTTCAAGGACAGAGTCCAGT PGR wildype = X51730 Exon 4 deleted; deletion of 306 nucleotides pgr asv1 TGACTGCATCGTTGATAAAATCCGCAGAAAAAACTGCCCAGCATGTCGCCTTAGAAAGTGCTGTCAGGCTGGCAT GGTCCTTGGAGGTTTTCGAAACTTACATATTGATGACCAGATAACTCTCATTCAGTATTCTTGGATGAGCTTAAT GGTGTTTGGTCTAGGATGGAGATCCTACAAACACGTCAGTGGGCAGATGCTGTATTTTGC PGR wildype = X51730 Exons 4 and 6 deleted; deletion of 306 nucleotides + deletion of 131 nucleotides pgr1 asv2 TGACTGCATCGTTGATAAAATCCGCAGAAAAAACTGCCCAGCATGTCGCCTTAGAAAGTGCTGTCAGGCTGGCAT GGTCCTTGGAGGTTTTCGAAACTTACATATTGATGACCAGATAACTCTCATTCAGTATTCTTGGATGAGCTTAAT GGTGTTTGGTCTAGGATGGAGATCCTACAAACACGTCAGTGGGCAGATGCTGTATTTTGCACCTGATCTAATACT AAATGATTCCTTTGGAAGGGCTACGAAGTCAAACCCAGTTTGAGGAGATGAGGTCAAGCTACATTAGAGAGCTCA TCAAGGCAATTGGTTTGAGGCAAAAAGGAGTTGTGTCGAGCTCACAGCGT ER1 wildype = AF258449 Exon 2 inserted; insertion of 191 nucleotides er1 asv1 GCCGCCGCAGCTGTCGCCTTTCCTGCAGCCCCACGGCCAGCAGGTGCCCTACTACCTGGAGAACGAGCCCAGCGG CTACACGGTGCGCGAGGCCGGCCCGCCGGCATTCTACAGGCCAAATTCAGATAATCGACGCCAGGGTGGCAGAGA AAGATTGGCCAGTACCAATGACAAGGGAAGTATGGCTATGGAATCTGCCAAGGAGACTCGCTACTGTGCAGTGTG CAATGACTATGCTTCAGGCTACCATTATGGAGTCTGGTCCTGTGAGGGCTGCAAGGCCTTCTTCAAGAGAAGTAT TCAAGGACATAACGACTATATGTGTCCAGCCACCAACCAGTGCACCATTGATAAAAACAGGAGGAAGAGCTGCCA GGCCTGCCGGCTCCGCAAATGCTACGAAGTGGGAATGATGAAAGG RNP6 wildype = AJ419867 Alternatively spliced exon 5; insertion of 766 nucleotides RNP6 asv1 TATGGCCCGATAAAAGTGAAGGATGTAATAGATCGTGGCCCTTCAATTTAGAAGAGATTAAGAAAAATTGGATGG AGATTACAGACAGTTCACTCCCTTCCCCCTCAACTCTCCCAATCATTAACATCTTCTATAGTGTGTTACATTTGT TACAATTAATGAACTGATACTGATACTTTATTATTAAATAAAGTTTAGCATTAACATTAGGGTTTACTCCTGTGT TGTGCGGCTTTGGACAAATGCAGGAGAGCAAGTCCCACCCAGTGTGCTCTGGAGCAGCCGCTGGCCCTAAACCCC CTGAGCCATACCTCCCCTTCTTCCTCCCCTTGAACCCCCAAGCAACCGCGAATCTCATTCCTGTCTCTTAAGACT ACCTTTTCCAAATTGTCACGTCGTTGGAATCATACAGTATGTAGCCTCTGCAGACTGGCTTCTTGCACTTAGCAA TGTATGTTTGCAGTTCCTCCAGTGTCTTTTCATGACTCGACGGCTCATTGGTTTTTGTTGCTGAAAATATTCCAT TGTTTGGATGTACACTTTATCCCTTCACCTATAACAGCTTGTATTTTCGTGTGCAGTTTTATGATTACTCAAATT GCACTTGTAGATATATCTTAACAAACACTTCATACAAAATAAGCATAGTATTATTTTATTCACCAAAGTATTGTT AATTAGCAGAGCTCAATTCTTTGGTGTCAGTTTATCAAATTTACCTTCTAGGTTTTGAGTTTATTATTAAGAACC TGCGTAGACTTATTTTATTTTTTAATGCATAGGATCTTTTGCCAGAAATGAGGGCATACTGGCCTGACGTAATTC ACTCGTTTCCCAATCGCAGCCGCTTCTGGAAGCATGAGTGGGAAAAGCATGGGACCTGCGCCGCCCAGGTGGATG CGCTCAACTCCCAGAAGAAGTACTTTGGCAGAAGCCTGGAACTCTACAGGGAGCTGGACCTCAACAGTGTGCTTC TAAAA LIV1 wildype = BC039498 Additional exon after exon 1; insertion of 780 nucleotides liv1 asv1 CGTGTGGAACCAAACCTGCGCGCGTGGCCGGGCCGTGGGACAACGAGGCCGCGGAGACGAAGGCGCAATGGCGAG GAAGTTATCTGTAATCTTGATCCTGACCTTTGCCCTCTCTGTCACAAATCCCCTTCATGAACTAAAAGCAGCTGC TTTCCCCCAGACCACTGAGAAAATTAGTCCGAATTGGGAATCTGGCATTAATGTTGACTTGGCAATTTCCACACG GCAATATCATCTACAACAGCTTTTCTACCGCTATGGAGAAAATAATTCTTTGTCAGTTGAAGGGTTCAGAAAATT ACTTCAAAATATAGGCATAGATAAGATTAAAAGAATCCATATACACCATGACCACGACCATCACTCAGACCACGA GCATCACTCAGACCATGAGCGTCACTCAGACCATGAGCATCACTCAGACCACGAGCATCACTCTGACCATAATCA TGCTGCTTCTGGTAAAAATAAGCGAAAAGCTCTTTGCCCAGACCATGACTCAGATAGTTCAGGTAAAGATCCTAG AAACAGCCAGGGGAAAGGAGCTCACCGACCAGAACATGCCAGTGGTAGAAGGAATGTCAAGGACAGTGTTAGTGC TAGTGAAGTGACCTCAACTGTGTACAACACTGTCTCTGAAGGAACTCACTTTCTAGAGACAATAGAGACTCCAAG ACCTGGAAAACTCTTCCCCAAAGATGTAAGCAGCTCCACTCCACCCAGTGTCACATCAAAGAGCCGGGTGAGCCG GCTGGCTGGTAGGAAAACAAATGAATCTGTGAGTGAGCCCCGAAAAGGCTTTATGTATTCCAGAAACACAAATGA AAATCCTCAGGAGTGTTTCAATGCATCAAAGCTACTGACATCTCATGGCATGGGCATCCAGGTTCCGCTGAATGC AACAGAGTTC SHMT1 wildype = BC038598 Additional exon in 5′ UTR after exon 1; insertion of 140 nucleotides, splicing does not change the protein composition. shmt1 asv1 GCAGGGAGACTTCAAGCGCCAAGCTGACCTTTGGAGGTCAGGACGGACCCAGAATCAGGCAGGAATTTGGCAGGC CCGCGGCGGCGTAGGACGGAGGCGTCGCTAGGGTCTTGTTCTCTTGGCCAGGCTGGAGTGCTGTGGGAAAATCTG GGCTCACTGCAGCCTCAACCTCCGGGACTCAAGTGATCATCCTGCCTCAGCCACCCCAGAGTAGCTGAGAATACA GGCGTGCGCCACCAGGCTCGGGCAGCTTCGAACCAGTGCAATGACGATGCCAGTCAACGGGGCCCACAAGGATGC TGACCTGTGGTCCTCACATGACAAGATGCTGGCACAACCCCTCAAAGACA CUX wildype = M74099 Alternative transcription initiation between exons 20 and 21; If any protein is produced, then downstream Met is used, and protein is a N-terminal truncation. cux asv1 GTAAAAGACAGCTATTTTCAGGCACGGTTTCTCGTGTGCTTTAATTACAGAAAGCACTCCAAAGACCTCCGCCAG CTGCAGCCCTGCCCCTGAGTCCCCG LZ16 wildype = AF121775 Additional exons after exons 2 and 3; insertion of 273 nucleotides (additional exon after exon 2); insertion of 97 nucleotides (additional exon after exon 3); insertion of 370 nucleotides in total lz16 asv1 CCCAAGGGTGGGTGCCCTAAAGCACCACAGCAGGAAGAGCTTCCCCTCAGCAGCGACATGGTGGAGAAGCAGACT GGGAAAAAGATTTTTCCAAAAGAATCGTGATCTCAGTGACATATACGTGGAAGATGGAAATGGAGCCCACGACTC TGCAGTGCATCCTGATGCCGCGCTGACCTGACGGCTTGTGCGTGTCCCTTTGGCTGCACCAGTGAGCACAGTGGC AGGCGTGTCAGAGAAAGGGCCCCTTCTGCAGACGGTCTCTCACCATTGCCGACCACGGAATCCCAGAACCGCTGA GCTGCCTCGGGAAGAACCAGCAGGTGTCTGCATCGTTGAGTGTGTTCTGATCCAAAGGATAAAGATAAAGTTTCT CTAACCAAGACCCCAAAACTGGAGCGTGGCGATGGCGGGAAGGAGGTGAGGGAGCGAGCCAGCAAGCGGAAGCTG CCCTTCACCGCGGGCGCCAATGGGGAGCAGAAGGACTCGGACACAGATGCCTCCAGCCCAGTCCCTGTTGTGGTG CTGCAAGGCTGGTACGCTCCTCGAAGCACCATGGCATGAGATGGAGGTTCCTAGAAGCAAGAAGAAAGAGAAGCA GGGCCCTGAGCGGAAGAGGATTAAGAAGGAGCCTGTCACCCGGAAGGCCGGGCTGCTGTTTGGCATGGGGCTGTC TGGAATCCGAGCCGGCTACCCCCTC PMSCL1 wildype = AJ505989 Exon 9 inserted; insertion of 51 nucleotides pmsc11 asv1 TGATCAAGCTATCATTCTTGATGGTATAAAAATGGACACTGGAGTAGAAGTCTCTGATATTGGAAGCCAAGAGCT GGGGTTTCACCATGTTGGCCAGACTGGACTCGAGTTCCTGACCTCAGATGCTCCCATAATACTCTCAGATAGTGA AGAAGAAGAAATGATCATTTTGGAACCAGACAAGAATCCAAAGAAAATAAGAACACAGAC ANAC wildype = AF054187 3 additional alternative exons after exon 1; insertion 2130 nucleotides anac asv1 CTTTCTGCCGCCATCTTGGTTCCGCGTTCCCTGCACAAAATGCCCGGCGAAGCCACAGAAACCGTCCCTGCTACA GAGCAGGAGTTGCCGCAGCCCCAGGCTGAGACAGCTGTGCTACCTATGTCTTCAGCCTTGAGTGTCACTGCTGCC TTAGGGCAGCCTGGACCTACCCTCCCCCCTCCTTGCTCTCCTGCCCCACAACAGTGCCCTCTCTCAGCTGCTAAC CAGGCTTCCCCATTCCCTTCCCCCTCTACTATTGCCTCGACCCCTTTAGAAGTTCCTTTTCCCCAGTCATCCTCT GGAACAGCCCTACCTTTGGGAACTGCCCCTGAAGCCCCAACCTTCCTACCAAACCTAATAGGGCCTCCCATCTCC CCAGCTGCCTTAGCTCTAGCCTCTCCCATGATAGCTCCAACTCTGAAAGGGACCCCTTCCTCTTCAGCTCCCTTA GCTCTGGTTGCCCTGGCTCCCCACTCAGTTCAGAAGAGTTCTGCTTTTCCACCTAACCTTCTTACTTCACCTCCT TCAGTGGCTGTAGCTGAGTCAGGGTCAGTGATAACTCTGTCAGCTCCCATTGCTCCCTCAGAACCAAAGACTAAT CTTAATAAAGTTCCCTCTGAGGTAGTCCCTAATCCAAAAGGCACCCCCAGCCCTCCATGTATAGTCAGTACTGTT CCTTACCACTGTGTGACTCCCATGGCCTCTATTCAATCTGGAGTGGCCTCCCTTCCTCAGACAACACCCACAACT ACCCTAGCCATCGCTTCCCCTCAAGTCAAAGATACCACCATTTCCTCAGTTCTGATTTCTCCACAAAACCCAGGA AGCCTCAGCCTGAAGGGGCCTGTTAGTCCACCTGCTGCCTTATCTCTTTCAACTCAGTCTCTTCCTGTGGTGACC TCTTCTCAAAAGACTGCGGGTCCCAACACCCCCCCAGATTTTCCCATTTCTCTGGGCTCTCATCTTGCACCTTTA CATCAGAGTTCTTTTGGTTCTGTCCAACTTTTAGGTCAAACAGGTCCTAGTGCTTTGTCAGACCCCACAGAGAAG ACCATTTCTGTAGATCATTCTTCCACAGGGGCCTCTTATCCTTCTCAGAGATCTGTAATTCCTCCCCTTCCTTCC AGAAATGAGGTAGTTCCTGCTACTGTGGCTGCCTTTCCAGTGGTGGCTCCATCTGTTGACAAAGGTCCCTCTACC ATCTCTAGCATAACCTGCAGCCCTTCTGGCTCCTTAAATGTAGCTACCTCTTCTTCATTATCTCCTACAACCTCT CTCATTCTCAAAAACTCTCCTAATGCCACTTATCATTATCCTTTAGTGGCCCAAATGCCCGTTTCTTCTGTTGGA ACCACCCCACTTGTGGTGACTAACCCCTGTACAATTGCTGCAGCACCTACTACTACCTTTGAGGTAGCTACTTGT GTTTCTCCTCCAATGTCATCAGGTCCCATAAGTAACATAGAACCAACTTCCCCTGCTGCCTTGGTTATGGCACCT GTGGCTCCCAAAGAGCCTTCTACTCAAGTAGCAACCACTCTGAGGATACCAGTCTCTCCTCCTCTGCCAGACCCT GAAGACCTCAAAAATCTCTCCAGTTCAGTATTGGTTAAATTTCCAACACAAAAAGACCTCCAAACTGTACCTGCC TCTCTTGAAGGAGCCCCTTTCTCTCCAGCCCAAGCAGGACTCACCACCAAGAAAGACCCTACTGTATTACCGTTA GTCCAGGCAGCCCCTAAAAATTCCCCTTCTTTCCAAAGTACATCCTCTTCTCCAGAGATACCTCTTTCTCCTGAA GCCACCCTAGCAAAGAAAAGCCTTGGGGAGCCTCTCCCTATAGTGGCTGCATTTCCTTTGGAAAGTGCTGACCCT GCCGGGGTGGCTCCCACAACTGCCAAAGCAGCTGCCTTTGAGAAGGTCCTTCCTAAACCTGAATCAGCATCTGTC TCTGCAGCACCCACCCCACCAGTCTCTCTGCCTCTTGCTCCCTCCCCAGTTCCCACTCTGCCTCCTAAACAGCAA TTTCTGCCGTCCTCTCCTGGGCTGGTGTTGGAATCACCCTCTAAACCCCTTGCCCCTGCTGATGAGGATGAGCTG CCGCCTCTGATTCCCCCGGAACCAATCTCTGGGGGAGTGCCTTTCCAGTCGGTCCTCGTCAACATGCCCACCCCT AAATCTGCTGGAATCCCTGTCCCAACCCCCTCTGCCAAGCAACCTGTTACGAAGAACAACAAGGGGTCTGGAACA GAATCTGACAGTGATGAATCAGTACCAGAGCTTGAAGAACAGGATTCCACCCAGGCAACCACACAACAAGCCCAG CTGGCGGCAGCAGCTGAAATCGATGAAGAACCAGTCAGTAAAGCAAAACAGAGTC Nm23 wildype = AF487339 Exon 2 deleted; deletion of 219 nucleotides nm23 asv1 TGCAGCCGGAGTTCAAACCTAAGCAGCTGGAAGGAACCATGGCCAACTGTGAGCGTACCTTCATTGCGATCAAAC CAGATGGGGTCCAGCGGGGTCTTGTGGGAGAGATTATCAAGCGTTTTGAGCAGAAAGGATTCCGC SWAP70 wildype = BC000616 Exon 3 deleted; deletion of 177 nucleotides swap70 asv1 GAAGAGCACTTCAGGGATGATGATGAGGGTCCAGTGTCCAACCAGGGCTACATGCCTTATTTAAACAGGTTCATT TNGGAAAAGATGAATACCTGCTTAAGAAGCTTACAGAAGCTATGGGAGGAGGNTGGCAGCAAGAACAATTTGAAC ATTATAAAATCAACTTTGATGACAGTAAAAATGGCCTTTCTGCATGGGAACTTATTGAGC SCRAP wildype = AK128030 Exon 23 deleted; deletion of 186 nucleotides scrap asv1 CAGGGGGAAGCAAACCTCTCACCTTCCAAATCCAGGGCAACAAGCTGACTTTGACTGGTGCCCAGGTGCGCCAGC TTGCTGTGGGGCAGCCCCGCCCGCTGCAAATGCCACCAACCATGGTGAATAATACAGGCGTGGTGAAGATTGTAG TGAGACAAGCCCCTCGGGATGGACTGACTCCTGTTCCTCCATTGGCCCCAGCACCCCGGC THTPA wildype = BX161435 Deletion of 960 nucleotides thtpa asv1 TCCGGAACTGCTCCCGGCATTCCTCGCGAGTGTATGGCGTGGGCTCCCTTCCCCCTCTGTGGGTCCCGCGAGGAG ACTCTCGGGCTTTGAGGTGTGCCTGCACAGGAGACAGCACCAGCCAAGCTGATTGTGTATCTACAGCGTTTCCGG CCTCAAGACTATCAGCGCCTGCTAGAAGTGAACAGCTCCAGAGAGAGGCCACAGGAGACT SFRS5 wildype = BC018823 Intron retained between exons 4 and 5; insertion of 285 nucleotides sfrs5 asv1 CTATTGAACATGCTAGGGCTCGGTCACGAGGTGGAAGAGGTAGAGGACGATACTCTGACCGTTTTAGTAGTCGCA GACCTCGAAATGATAGACGGTATGTGAAGGGTGGATGGCTGCATTGAACAATTATTGTAGGGGTAGCATTTAAGA TTCAGGAGTCATTAGCAGTGATGATTTTGGGACCTGCCGTATAATCTGTTCTTCTATTCCCACGTTAGCCAATTG TTCTTGATGAATCTATATGAGTCATAGAACACAAATCTATTGACGGAAGTCATTAGAATGGCTTGTGATATCTGA TGGCTTGAACTTGCCCACAGTTGAACACAAGTGCTGTCATTGCATTTCTTCCATTGTGAATACGAATTTTCTTCC TCAGAAATGCTCCACCTGTAAGAACAGAAAATCGTCTTATAGTTGAGAATTTATCCTCAAGAGTCAGCTGGCAGG ATCTCAAAGATTTCATGAGACAAGCTGGGG Capn3 wildype = NM_000070 Exon 15 spliced out; deletion of 18 nucleotides capn3 asv1 GCGAGTACGTCATCGTGCCCTCCACCTACGAGCCCCACCAGGAGGGGGAATTCATCCTCCGGGTCTTCTCTGAAA AGAGGAACCTCTCTGAGGAAGTTGAAAATACCATCTCCGTGGATCGGCCAGTGCCCATCATCTTCGTTTCGGACA GAGCAAACAGCAACAAGGAGCTGGGTGTGGACCAGGAGTCAGAGGAGGGCAAAGGCAAAA CD74 wildype = BC018726 Additional exon after exon 6; insertion of 192 nucleotides cd74 asv1 ACTGGAAGGTCTTTGAGAGCTGGATGCACCATTGGCTCCTGTTTGAAATGAGCAGGCACTCCTTGGAGCAAAAGC CCACTGACGCTCCACCGAAAGTACTNACCAAGTGCCAGGAAGAGGTCAGCCACATCCCTGCTGTCCACCCGGGTT CATTCAGGCCCAAGTGCGACGAGAACGGCAACTATCTGCCACTCCAGTGCTATGGGAGCATCGGCTACTGCTGGT GTGTCTTCCCCAACGGCACGGAGGTCCCCAACACCAGAAGCCGCGGGCACCATAACTNCAGTGAGTCACTGGAAC TGGAGGACCCGTCTTCTGGGCTGGGTGTGACCAAGCAGGATCTGGGCCCAGTCCCCATGT ITGB4 wildype = X51841 Alternative exon after exon 35; insertion of 159 nucleotides itgb4 asv1 ACTACAACTCACTGACCCGCTCAGAACACTCACACTCGACCACACTGCCGAGGGACTACTCCACCCTCACCTCCG TCTCCTCCCACGGCCTCCCTCCCATCTGGGAACACGGGAGGAGCAGGCTTCCGCTGTCCTGGGCCCTGGGGTCCC GGAGTCGGGCTCAGATGAAAGGGTTCCCCCCTTCCAGGGGCCCACGAGACTCTATAATCCTGGCTGGGAGGCCAG CAGCGCCCTCCTGGGGCCCAGACTCTCGCCTGACTGCTGGTGTGCCCGACACGCCCACCCGCCTGGTGTTCTCTG CCCTGGGGCCCACATCTCTCAGAGTGAGCTGGCAGGAGCCGCGGTGCGAG ITPK1 wildype = BC037305 Additional 2 exons after exon1; insertion of 25 nucleotides itpk1 asv1 GACCTTTCTGAAAGGGAAGAGAGTTGGCTACTGGCTGAGCGAGAAGAAAATCAAGAAGCTGAATTTCCAGGCCTT CGCCGAGCTGTGCAGGAAGCGAGGGATGGAGGTTGTGCAGCTGAACCTTAGCCGGCCGATCGAGGAGCAGGGCCC CCTGGACGTCATCATCCACAAGCTGACTGACGTCATCCTTGAAGCCGACCAGAATGATAG PEG1/MEST wildype = D87367 Alternative 5′ exon, not translated pegmest asv1 AGCACATGCTGGGCTCGGGGGCGATGGGCTTGTGCGCGGACCTGGCGACGCTCTAGCCCCGAGCCGCGTATTCGT GGCCGGGTCCTCCCTGGGAACAGGGTGAAGGCCGAGAACCTCTGGCCTCAGGAAGCGCATGCGCAACCGGTTCTC CGAAACATGGAGTCCTGTAGGCAAGGTCTTACCTGAATCAGGATGAGGGAGTGGTGGGTCCAGGTGGGGCTGCTG GCCGTGCCCCTGCTTGCTGCGTACCTGCACATCCCACCCCCTCAGCTCTCCCCTG MGC2747 wildype = BC001948 Cryptic splice site used in exon 2. No protein. MGC2747 asv1 AGAATGTTTTTGACCAGAAAACCGACAACCTTCCCAGAAAGTCCAAGCTCGTGGTGGGTGGAAAAGTGTTCGCCG AGGGTCTGCTTGGCCACTCAGTGCAGCTGCGATTAACCCTAAAGGCTTTAAGGAACGGGCCACCTGTAACAGAGA CACCAGCCTTCCTGTATAGACACTAAATTG SMARCD1 wildype = U66617 Exon 1 different + Exon 5 deleted SMARCD1 asv1 GAAGATGGCGGCCCGGGCGGGTTTCCAGTCTGTGGCTCCAAGCGGCGGCGCCGGAGCCTCAGGAGGGGCGGGCGC GGCTGCTGCCTTGGGCCCGGGCGGAACTCCGGGGCCTCCTGTGCGAATGGGCCCGGCTCCGGGTCAAGGGCTGTA CCGCTCCCCGATGCCCGGAGCGGCCTATCCGAGACCAGGTATGTTGCCAGGCAGCCGAATGACACCTCAGGGACC TTCCATGGGACCCCCTGGCTATGGGGGGAACCCTTCAGTCCGACCTGGCCTGGCCCAGTCAGGGATGGATCAGTC CCGCAAGAGACCTGCCCCTCAGCAGATCCAGCAGGTCCAGCAGCAGGCGGTCCAAAATCGAAACCACAATGCAAA GAAAAAGAAGATGGCTGACAAAATTCTACCTCAAAGGATTCGTGAACTGGTACCAGAATCCCAGGCCTATATGGA TCTCTTGGCTTTTGAAAGGAAACTGGACCAGACTATCATGAGGAAACGGCTAGATATCCAAGAGGCCTTGAAACG TCCCATCAAGTCAGCCTTGTCCAAATATGATGCCACTAAACAAAAAGAGGAAGTTCTCTTCCTTTTTTAAGTCCC TTGGTGATTGAACTGGACAAGACCTGTATGGGCCAGACAACNCATCTGGTAGAATGGCA CDKN2A wildype = NM_058195 Cryptic splicing, deletion in exon 2; deletion of 75 nucleotides cdkn2a asv1 CCTGGACACGCTGGTGGTGCTGCACCGGGCCGGGGCGCGGCTGGACGTGCGCGATGCCTGGGGCCGTCTGCCCGT GGACCTGGCTGAGGAGCTGGGCCATCGCGATGTCGCACGACATCCCCGATTGAAAGAACCAGAGAGGCTCTGAGA AACCTCCGGAAACTTAGATCATCAGTCACC CRK wildype = BC009837 Cryptic splicing, exon 2 internal splicing deletion 46 bp crk asv1 GGGCACGAGGCTGCTGTGAAGCTGAAACCGGAGCCGGTCCGCTGGGCGGCGGGCGCCGGGGGCCGGAGGGGCGCG CGCGGCGGCGGCACCCCAGCGTTTAGGCGCGGAGGCAGCCATGGCGGGCAACTTCGACTCGGAGGAGCGGAGTAG CTGGTACTGGGGGAGGTTGAGTCGGCAGGA CTDP1 wildype = BC015010 Cryptic splicing in exon III ctdp1 asv1 GGACGATCACACCAAGGCACAAGAGGGAGAACAGCCCGTGAGGCCATTTCCCGACCGGGAGGGATTGTGCCCCCA CAACGACATTAGTCCAGACCGAATGCCGGTTCATTCCCAAAGGCCCCAAGCACTGGACCACAGAGGTACGGATAC ATACGACTCCAACACGGAGAAGCTCATCAGGACACGGGCGCCGAAGGACCCAAAGACCATCCAGGGATCCGTACC CCATCCGCCAGGAA TRIM19 lambda wildype = AF230411 Exon IV deleted, exon V partly deleted; deletion of 143 bp trim19 asv1 CTGCAGGACCTCAGCTCTTGCATCACCCAGGGGAAAGATGCAGCTGTATCCAAGAAAGCCAGCCCAGAGGCTGCC AGCACTCCCAGGGACCCTATTGACGTTGACCTGGATGTCTCCAATACAACGACAGCCCAGAAGAGGAAGTGCAGC CAGACCCAGTGCCCCAGGAAGGTCATCAAG TCF3 wildype = M31222 Exons III & IV deleted; deletion of 150 bp tcf3 asv1 ACCAGCCGCAGAGGATGGCGCCTGTGGGCACAGACAAGGAGGCTCAGTGACCTCCTGGACTTCAGCATGATGTTC CCGCTGCCTGTCACCAACGGGAAGGGCCGGCCCGCCTCCCTGGCCGGGGCGCAGTTCGGAGGTTCAGGCAAGAGC GGTGAGCGGGGCGCCTATGCCTCCTTCGGG Bc16 wildype = U00115 Exon 5 spliced into two exons; deletion of 517 nucleotides bc16 asv1 GAGTTTCGGGATGTCCGGATGCCTGTGGCCAACCCCTTCCCCAAGGAGCGGGCACTCCCATGTGATAGTGCCAGG CCAGTCCCTGGTGAGTACAGCCACCCATGGAGCCTGAGAACCTTGACCTCCAGTCCCCAACCAAGCTGAGTGCCA GCGGGGAGGACTCCACCATCCCACAAGCCA BAG4 wildype = BC038505 Exon skipping, exon II deleted; deletion of 102 bp bag4 asv1 GGGGGCGGCCCGGCGGAGACCACCTGGCTGGGAGAAGGCGGAGGAGGCGATGGCTACTATCCCTCGGGAGGCGCC TGGCCAGAGCCTGGTCGAGCCGGAGGAAGCCACCAGAGTTTGAATTCTTATACAAATGGAGCGTATGGTCCAACA TACCCCCCAGGCCCTGGGGCAAATACTGCC CNTN4 wildype = AY090737 Exon 8 skipping cntn4 asv1 GGAATCTGTATATTGCCAAAGTAGAAAAATCAGATGTTGGGAATTATACCTGTGTGGTTACCAATACCGTGACAA ACCACAAGGTCCTGGGGCCACCTACACCACTAATATTGAGAAATGATGTCCAGTACCAACTATTATCTGGCGAAG AGCTGATGGAAAGCCAATAGCAAGGAAAGCCAGAAGACACAAGTCAAATGGAATTCTTGAGATCCCTAATTTTCA CHL1 wildype = NM_006614 Exon 25 skipping. chl1 asv1 CATTACAACTCCATCAAAGCCCAGCTGGCACCTCTCAAACCTGAATGCAACTACCAAGTACAAATTCTACTTGAG GGCTTGCACTTCACAGGGCTGTGGAAAACCGATCACGGAGGAAAGCTCCACCTTAGGAGAAGGGAAATATGCTGG TTTATATGATGACATCTCCACTCAAGGCTGGTTTATTGGACTGATGTGTGCGATTGCTCTTCTCACACTACTATT ITGA4 wildype = X16983 Insertion of an additional exon after exon 5. itga4 asv1 CAATAAAACTCAGTCTTGATTTCTGATTATGTGAAAAAATTTGGAGAAAATTTTGCATCATGTCAAGCTGGAATA TCCAGTTTTTACACAAAGGATTTAATTGTGATGGGGGCCCCAGGATCATCTTACTGGACTGGCTCTCTTTTTGTC TACAATATAACTACAAATAAATACAAGGCTTTTTTAGACAAACAAAATCAAGTAAAATTTGGAAGTTATTTAGGA MCAM wildype = NM_006500 New splice acceptor in exon 16, extended exon. mcam asv1 GCTCAGGGAAGCAGGAGATCACGCTGCCCCCGTCTCGTAAGACCGAACTTGTAGTTGAAGTTAAGTCAGATAAGC TCCCAGAAGAGATGGGCCTCCTGCAGGGCAGCAGCGGTGACAAGAGGGCTCCGGGAGACCAGCCCTGAATGTCCT CGTGACCCCGGAGCTGTTGGAGACAGGTGTTGAATGCACGGCCTCCAACGACCTGGGCAAAAACACCAGCATCCT SELL wildype = NM_000655 Exon 7 skipping sell asv1 CTGTAGCCATCCCCTGGCCAGCTTCAGCTTTACCTCTGCATGTACCTTCATCTGCTCAGAAGGAACTGAGTTAAT TGGGAAGAAGAAAACCATTTGTGAATCATCTGGAATCTGGTCAAATCCTAGTCCAATATGTCAAAGCAAGAAATC CAAGAGAAGTATGAATGACCCATATTAAATCGCCCTTGGTGAAAGAAAATTCTTGGAATACTAAAAATCATGAGA SRrp35 gene id: 135295 asv1, Exon 2 (107 nt) deleted, replaced with new exon 2 (347 nt) just downstream in the same intron; net change of +240 nt agctcctgtggtggtagcagcggtagcgggagacggagcgagtccagcggccgcgggcagacccggagggaacgg aggaagcggtcatgtctcgctacacgaggccccccaacacctccctgttcatcaggaacgtcgcggacgccacca gaagatctaaagcagtccacagtagctggcaagcaccccccagtttgaaccaacctgttagctagaatccaagca taaacccagcaggcgagacaaaaggcacctaaagttcaagcatcaaggagtaaagagggagggtggacacagata taaagacctggaagaggggaagtctttatcaagcaaaagacaaagccaacaccaggttgagacttcggctttcct acatttactcagagttccagagtcaaagccaagtctgattttgttggttctgcgtctcttataaagtccatcttg caagccttaaagagtaaaggtcaaggttcaagatcaagtgacattgagatttgaagatgttcgaggtgctgaaga tgctctttataacctcaatagaaagtgggtatgtggccgtcagattgaaatacagtttgcacaaggtgatcgcaa aacaccaggccaaatgaaatcaaaagaacgtcatccttgttctccaagtgatcacaggagatcaagaagccccag ccaaagaagaactcgaagtagaagttcttcatggggaagaaataggaggcggtcagacagccttaaagagtctcg acacaggcgattttcttatagcaagtctaaatctcgttccaaatcattaccaaggcggtctacctcagcaaggca gtcaagaactccaagaaggaattttggctctagaggacggtcaaggtccaagtccttacaaaagaggtccaagtc aataggaaaatcacagtcaagttcacctcaaaagcagactagctcaggaacaaaatcaagatcacatggaagaca ttctgactcaatagcaagatccccgtgtaaatctcccaaagggtataccaattctgaaactaaagtacaaacagc aaagcattctcattttcggtcacattccagatctcgaagttatcgtcataaaaacagttggtgaacagcaacaga aagagca SFRS14 gene id: 10147 asv1, Extra 93 nt exon between exons 10 and 11 atgtcccctccaggttaagaaagccgaaccagagccgatgcgagaggaggagaaaatgattcctcctacgaaacc tgaaattcaggccaaggctccaagtagtctgagtgatgctgtcccccagcgagcagatcacagggtagtgggcac catcgaccagcttgtgaaacgtgtcatcgaaggcagcctgtctcccaaagagagaactcttctcaaagaggaccc tgcttactggtttttgtctgatgaaaatagtctggagtataaatattacaagctgaagttggcagaaatgcagcg gatgagcgagaacttgcgaggagccgaccagaagccgacctcagcagactgtgcagtgagggccatgctgtactc ccgggctgtccgcaacctcaagaagaaactccttccgtggcagcggcgggggctcctccgtgctcaagggctccg gggctggaaggcgaggagagcgaccaccgggacccagaccctcctatcctcaggcaccaggctgaaacaccacgg ccggcaggctccaggcctctcacaggcaaaaccatccctgccagacagaaatgatgctgccaaggactgcccgcc agacccagttggaccttctcctcaggaccccagcttagaagcctcaggcccatcccccaagccagcaggagtgga catctctgaagcacctcagacctcttctccctgcccatctgctgacattgacatgaagacaatggagactgcaga gaaactggctagatttgttgctcaggtgggaccagagatcgaacaattcagcatagaaaacagcaccgataaccc tgacctgtggtttctacatgaccaaaatagttctgctttcaaattctatcgaaagaaagtgtttgaactatgtcc atcaatttgtttcacgtcatctccgcacaaccttcacactggtggtggtgacaccacgggttctcaggagagccc cgtggacctcatggaaggggaagcagagtttgaagacgagccccctccgcgggaggctgagctggagagcccaga ggtgatgcctgaggaggaggacgaggacgatgaggatgggggagaggaggcccccgctcctggaggggcgggcaa gtctgagggcagcacccctgccgacggccttcccggcgaggctgccgaggacgacctggctggagcacctgcctt gtcacaggcctcctcaggtacctgcttccctcggaagaggatcagcagcaagtcattgaaggttggcatgattcc agctcccaagagagtgtgtctcatccaggagccaaaagtccatgaaccagttcgaattgcctatgacaggcctcg gggtcgtcccatgtccaaaaagaagaaacccaaggacttggacttcgcccagcagaagctgaccgataagaacct gggcttccagatgctgcagaagatgggctggaaggagggccatggcctgggctccctcggaaagggcatcaggga gccggtcagcgtgggaaccccctcggaaggggaagggttgggtgctgacgggcaggagcacaaagaagacacatt cgatgtgttccgacagaggatgatgcagatgtacagacacaagcgggccaacaaatagatcaaaaccactgatgt gaaagataagccttgaagcagcaattgcccttaaaacatcatccctgccctggatcggcctggagccagtgccca attccagggtcacccccgagaggacaacaggcatctggaagtgctctctcgccactctgggtgctttactgtctc tggcttgtttcca SFRS14 gene id: 10147 asv2, First: Extra 93 nt exon between exons 10 and 11, Second: intron 9 looks unspliced but clone is incomplete; Results in additional 760 nts atgtcccctccaggttaagaaagccgaaccagagccgatgcgagaggaggagaaaatgattcctcctacgaaacc tgaaattcaggccaaggctccaagtagtctgagtgatgctgtcccccagcgagcagatcacagggtagtgggcac catcgaccagcttgtgaaacgtgtcatcgaaggcagcctgtctcccaaagagagaactcttctcaaagaggaccc tgcttactggtttttgtctgatgaaaatagtctggagtataaatattacaagctgaagttggcagaaatgcagcg gatgagcgagaacttgcgaggagccgaccagaagccgacctcagcagactgtgcagtgagggccatgctgtactc ccgggctgtccgcaacctcaagaagaaactccttccgtggcagcggcgggggctcctccgtgctcaagggctccg gggctggaaggcgaggagagcgaccaccgggacccagaccctcctatcctcaggcaccaggctgaaacaccacgg ccggcaggctccaggcctctcacaggcaaaaccatccctgccagacagaaatgatgctgccaaggactgcccgcc agacccagttggaccttctcctcaggaccccagcttagaagcctcaggcccatcccccaagccagcaggagtgga catctctgaagcacctcagacctcttctccctgcccatctgctgacattgacatgaagacaatggagactgcaga gaaactggctagatttgttgctcaggtgggaccagagatcgaacaattcagcatagaaaacagcaccgataaccc tgacctgtggtttctacatgaccaaaatagttctgctttcaaattctatcgaaagaaagtgtttgaactatgtcc atcaatttgtttcacgtcatctccgcacaaccttcacactggtggtggtgacaccacgggttctcaggagagccc cgtggacctcatggaaggggaagcagagtttgaagacgagccccctccgcgggaggctgagctggagagcccaga ggtgatgcctgaggaggaggacgaggacgatgaggatgggggagaggaggcccccgctcctggaggggcgggcaa gtctgagggcagcacccctgccgacggccttcccggcgaggctgccgaggacgacctggctggagcacctgcctt gtcacaggcctcctcaggtacctgcttccctcggaagaggatcagcagcaagtcattgaaggttggcatgattcc agctcccaagagagtgtgtctcatccaggagccaaaagtccatgaaccagttcgaattgcctatgacaggcctcg gggtcgtcccatgtccaaaaagaagaaacccaaggacttggacttcgcccagcagaagctgaccgataagaacct gggcttccagatgctgcagaagatgggctggaaggagggccatggcctgggctccctcggaaagggcatcaggga gccggtcagcgtgtacgcagcaggcagcctggggtgggagtgggtggggcctcagtccttccacctgcagcctgc cgcttggctccttcacagccaagatggcttacagctggcagttgatttttgttttttaaacagaaggcatcttca gatgagaagctgatcatttacatgtgcaggtgtttacagggctcctttctgtcctggtgtagattttttaaccag cttgttggccctggtcattttggccacatttgtgaccatcataaaagctaagtggtatttctgtgtagtttccgt ctggaactgctttcccattcccgggaacccatagccgggccagccagggtcccgaacacaggcccaaagtttatt aaaccccgatcataacctccagcaggcatttcatttaatactgagcttagttcctgctgggtaaggcattccgag gtaaccagggccctctgggcaccccctcaaaagccagctcttcgagggtgagtactccttgtttctactgtgagt cgcgtcttgattttccctttctttgatgtctcagtgtgtgtcccaaacacctgcatctcatggactgtttgtgcc catgcccagttcctggcatgccaggccctgggctcaggtgcacaactgactctctttttcactccctaggggaac cccctcggaaggggaagggttgggtgctgacgggcaggagcacaaagaagacacattcgatgtgttccgacagag gatgatgcagatgtacagacacaagcgggccaacaaatagcaaaccgtacttgggcactggctccaggccgatcc agggcagggatgatgttttaagggcaattgctgcttcaaggcttatctttcacatcagtggttttgatttccagg gtcacccccgagaggacaacaggcatctggaagtgctctctcgccactctgggtgctttactgtctctggcttgt ttcca PRPF8 gene id: 10594 asv1, Intron 31 unspliced, results in 292 nt increase ctaatgctcagcgatcaggactgaaccagattcccaatcgtagattcaccctctggtggtccccgaccattaatc gagccaatgtatatgtaggctttcaggtgcagctagacctgacgggtatcttcatgcacggcaagatccccacgc tgaagatctctctcatccagatcttccgagctcacttgtggcagaagatccatgagagcattgttatggacttat gtcaggtgtttgaccaggaacttgatgcactggaaattgagacagtacaaaaggagacaatccatccccgaaagt catataagatgaactcttcctgtgcagatatcctgctctttgcctcctataagtggaatgtctcccggccctcat tgctggctgactccaagtaagtgcctcaggacccagccctaggcagccaggacactttcgttttcctgttcttct agccctgcaactttaggaattgtcctgtctgcctttgtttcaaacttggagccagtgctacgcttggagcctgtc aacacccttagtcagatctgctgattctctggggtcctgctgacctggaacaagttggtggagtgggtgggatgg ttttgggatttaagtggttctggttctggggacattggttatgcccatggtttcttagaagcttgaaccctcttc atcctcagggatgtgatggacagcaccaccacccagaaatactggattgacatccagttgcgctggggggactat gattcccacgacattgagcgctacgcccgggccaagttcctggactacaccaccgacaacatgagtatctaccct tcgcccacaggtgtactcatcgccattgacctggcctataacttgcacagtgcctatggaaactggttcccaggc agcaagcctctcatacaacaggccatggccaagatcatgaaggcaaaccctgccctgtatgtgttacgtgaacgg atccgcaaggggctacagctctattcatctgaacccactgagccttatttgtcttctcagaactatggtgagctc ttctccaaccagattatctggtttgtggatgacaccaacgtctacagagtgactattcacaagacctttgaaggg aacttgacaaccaagcccatcaacggagccatcttcatcttcaacccacgcacagggcagctgttcctcaagata atccacacgtccgtgtgggcgggacagaagcgtttggggcagttggctaagtggaagacagctgaggaggtggcc gccctgatccgatctctgcctgtggaggagcagcccaagcagatcattgtcaccaggaagggcatgctggaccca ctggaggtgcacttactggacttccccaatattgtcatcaaaggatcggagctccaactccctttccaggcgtgt ctcaaggtggaaaaattcggggatctcatccttaaagccactgagccccagatggttctcttcaacctctatgac gactggctcaagactatttcatcttacacggccttctcccgtctcatcctgattctgcgtgccctacatgtgaac aacgatcgggcaaaagtgatcctgaagccagacaagactactattacagaaccacaccacatctggcccactctg actgacgaagaatggatcaaggtcgaggtgcagctcaaggatctgatc PRPF8 gene id: 10594 asv2, intron 31 unspliced, exon 33 has deletion ctaatgctcagcgatcaggactgaaccagattcccaatcgtagattcaccctctggtggtccccgaccattaatc gagccaatgtatatgtaggctttcaggtgcagctagacctgacgggtatcttcatgcacggcaagatccccacgc tgaagatctctctcatccagatcttccgagctcacttgtggcagaagatccatgagagcattgttatggacttat gtcaggtgtttgaccaggaacttgatgcactggaaattgagacagtacaaaaggagacaatccatccccgaaagt catataagatgaactcttcctgtgcagatatcctgctctttgcctcctataagtggaatgtctcccggccctcat tgctggctgactccaagtaagtgcctcaggacccagccctaggcagccaggacactttcgttttcctgttcttct agccctgcaactttaggaattgtcctgtctgcctttgtttcaaacttggagccagtgctacgcttggagcctgtc aacacccttagtcagatctgctgattctctggggtcctgctgacctggaacaagttggtggagtgggtgggatgg ttttgggatttaagtggttctggttctggggacattggttatgcccatggtttcttagaagcttgaaccctcttc atcctcagggatgtgatggacagcaccaccacccagaaatactggattgacatccagttgcgctggggggactat gattcccacgacattgagcgctacgcccgggccaagttcctggactacaccaccgacaacatgagtatctaccct tcgcccacaggtgtactcatcgccattgacctggcctataacttgcacagtgcctatggaaactggttcccaggc agcaagcctctcatacaacaggccatggccaagatcatgaaggcaaaccctgccctaactatggtgagctcttct ccaaccagattatctggtttgtggatgacaccaacgtctacagagtgactattcacaagacctttgaagggaact tgacaaccaagcccatcaacggagccatcttcatcttcaacccacgcacagggcagctgttcctcaagataatcc acacgtccgtgtgggcgggacagaagcgtttggggcagttggctaagtggaagacagctgaggaggtggccgccc tgatccgatctctgcctgtggaggagcagcccaagcagatcattgtcaccaggaagggcatgctggacccactgg aggtgcacttactggacttccccaatattgtcatcaaaggatcggagctccaactccctttccaggcgtgtctca aggtggaaaaattcggggatctcatccttaaagccactgagccccagatggttctcttcaacctctatgacgact ggctcaagactatttcatcttacacggccttctcccgtctcatcctgattctgcgtgccctacatgtgaacaacg atcgggcaaaagtgatcctgaagccagacaagactactattacagaaccacaccacatctggcccactctgactg acgaagaatggatcaaggtcgaggtgcagctcaaggatctgatc SR-A1 gene id: 58506 asv1, 81 nt deletion in exon 6 agtctcgagggaagacagaggagtcgggggaggatcggggcgatggtccgccagacagagaccccacgctttctc cttctgcctttatcctgcgagccatccagcaggctgtgggaagctccctgcagggggacctgcccaatgataaag atggctctcggtgtcatggccttcgatggcggcgctgccggagtccacggtcagagccccgttcccaggaatcag ggggcactgacacggctactgtgttggacatggccacggacagcttcctcgcagggctggtgagtgtcctggatc ccccggatacctgggttcccagccgcctggacctgcggcctggcgaaagtgaggacatgctggagctggtggctg aggtccgaatcggggacagagatcccatccctctgcctgtgcccagcctgctgccccgtctcagggcctggagga cgggcaaaacggtttctccacagtcgaactcctctaggcccacctgtgcccgtcacctcaccttgggcacgggag acgggggccctgcaccgccccctgcacccccagccccacctgccccccgattcgatatctatgaccccttccacc c SR-A1 gene id: 58506 asv2, unspliced intron 3 (323 nt increase) agtctcgagggaagacagaggagtcgggggaggatcggggcgatggtccgccagacagagaccccacgctttctc cttctgcctttatcctgcgagccatccagcaggctgtgggaagctccctgcagggggacctgcccaatgataaag atggctctcggtgtcatggccttcgatggcggcgctgccggagtccacggtcagagccccgttcccaggaatcag ggggcactgacacggctactgtgagtaagaagagggggctgggggcctggctcacgggtatcagggaggaaggga tgggggcctgagtctgggggaatggggtttggggacctggactcctggctctgcgatgctgaccaggggcaatgt tggagagtctgggggcctgatctgtgggcctgagctttgagtgttgatggcagtcaggctataggaattagatcc tcagttttcttggggatcttagatgtctgggttcctgagaggttagggagtggggaagcaggatttgccagtctt catgtgaccagggacggcgtagagcctctctggcctcttccaggtgttggacatggccacggacagcttcctcgc agggctggtgagtgtcctggatcccccggatacctgggttcccagccgcctggacctgcggcctggcgaaggtga ggacatgctggagctggtggctgaggtccgaatcggggacagagatcccatccctctgcctgtgcccagcctgct gccccgtctcagggcctggaggacgggcaaaacggtttctccacagtcgaactcctctaggcccacctgtgcccg tcacctcaccttgggcacgggagacgggggccctgccccaccccctgccccctcctctgcatcctcctccccttc cccttctccctcatcttcctccccttcccctcccccacccccaccgccccctgcacccccagccccacctgcccc ccgattcgatatctatgaccccttccaccc SFRS12 gene id: 140890 asv1, exon 9 missing ccaaagccctctctttattggctcctgctccaaccatgacaagtctgatgcctggtgcaggattgcttccaatac cgaccccaaatcctttgactactcttggtgtttcacttagcagtttgggagctataccagcagcagcactagacc ccaacattgcaacacttggagagataccacagccaccacttatgggaaacgtggatccttccaaaatagatgaaa ttaggagaacggtttatgttggaaatctgaattcccagacaacgacagctgatcaactacttgaattttttaaac aagttggagaagtgaagtttgtgcggatggcaggtgatgagactcagccaactcggtttgcttttgtggaatttg cagaccaaaattctgtaccaagggcccttgcttttaatggagttatgtttggagacaggccactgaaaataaatc actccaacaatgcaatagtaaaaccccctgagatgacacctcaggctgcagctaaggagttagaagaagtaatga agcgagtacgagaagctcagtcatttatctcagcagctattgaaccagagtctggaaagagcaatgaaagaaaag gcggtcgatctcgttcccatactcgctcaaaatccaggtctagctcaaaatcccattctagaaggaaaagatcac aatcaaaacacaggagtagatcccataatagatcacgttcaagacagaaagacagacgtagatctaagagcccac ataaaaaacgctctaaatcaagggagagacggaagtcaaggagtcgttcgcattcacgggaaaggcgtaggagga ggagcaggagttcttccagatcgccaagaacatcaaaaaccataaaaaggaaatcttctagatctccgtccccca ggagcagaaataagaaggataaaaagagagaaaaagaaagggaccacatcagtgaaagaagagagagagaacgtt caacgtctatgagaaagagttctaatgatagagatgggaaggagaagttggagaagaacagtacttcacteaaag agaaagageacaataaagaaccagattcaagtgtgagcaaagaagtagatgacaaggatgcaccaaggactgagg aaaacaaaatacagcacaatgggaattgtcagctgaatgaagaaaacctctctaccaaaacagaagcagtatagg accgacaagtgtacctctgcactcaatgctggaatcaaatcc PRPF4 gene id: 9128 asv1, intron 4 unspliced aaactaaagcacccgacgacttagttgctccggtcgtgaagaaaccacacatctattatggaagtttggaagaga aggagagggagcgtctggccaaaggagagtctgggattttggggaaagacggacttaaagcagggatcgaagctg gaaatattaatataacctctggagaagtgtttgaaattgaagagcatatcagcgagcgacaggcagaagtattgg ctgagtttgagagaaggaagcgagcccggcagatcaatgtttccacagatgactcagaggtcaaagcttgcctta gagccttgggggaaccatcacacttttttggagagggtcctgctgaaagaagagaaaggttaagaaatatcctct cagttgtcggtactgatgccttgaaaaagaccaaaaaggatgatgagaagtctaaaaagtccaaagaagaggtag aacatgtctttaacttcacagtataaacatgaaggaaatgaggggataggtctctcgttttctgctttcaatggt ttgttttgctgagatgttgggggaaatgtttttgaaggctctaccattcaagaagagttgctggcagtagttttg gttcctttgtaagtatgaatggagctaagtgagttttccagtcaggaaagaatcatggcattcctggtataacca tgtagttacatatcatagaaaaaaattcagtagaaagtcctctgcctgatttcatcctattaccgaatgaattca ccttccttctgggcagttaaaatggagaaatgacagttataagaggagtagaatgcttcagatttgacctttctg ctcttaatttgcctttcagtatcagcaaacctggtatcatgaaggaccaaatagcttgaaggtggcaagactatg gattgctaattattcgttgcccagggcaatgaaacgcttggaagaggcccgactccataaggagattcctgagac aacaaggacctcccagatgcaagagctgcacaagtctctccggtctttgaataatttttgcagtcagattgggga tgatcggcctatctcctactgtcactttagtcccaattccaagatgctggccacagcttgttggagtgggctttg caagctctggtctgttcctgattgcaacctccttcacactcttcgagggcataacacaaatgtaggagcaattgt attccatcccaaatccactgtctccttggacccaaaagatgtcaacctggcctcttgtgcggctgatggctctgt gaagctttggagtctcgacagtgatgaaccagtggcagatattgaaggccatacagtgcgtgtggcgcgggtaat gtggcatccttcaggacgtttcctgggcaccacctgctatgaccgttcatggcgcttatgggatttggaggctca agaggagatcctgcatcaggaaggccatagcatgggtgtgtatgacattgccttccatcaagatggctctttggc tggcactgggggactggatgcatttggtcgagtttgggacctacgcacaggacgttgtatcatgttcttagaagg ccacctgaaagaaatctatggaataaatttctcccccaatggctatcacattgcaaccggcagtggtgacaacac ctgcaaagtgtgggacctccgacagcggcgttgcgtctacaccatccctgctcatcagaacttagtgactggtgt caagtttgagcctatccatgggaacttcttgcttactggtgcctatgataacacagccaagatctggacgcaccc aggctggtccccgctgaagactctggctggccacgaaggcaaagtgatgggcctagatatttcttccgatgggca gctcatagccacttgctcatatgacaggaccttcaagctgtggatggctgaatagatgacaatgggaaaaggact tg PRPF4 gene id: 9128 asv2, intron 11 unspliced aaactaaagcacccgacgacttagttgctccggtcgtgaagaaaccacacatctattatggaagtttggaagaga aggagagggagcgtctggccaaaggagagtctgggattttggggaaagacggacttaaagcagggatcgaagctg gaaatattaatataacctctggagaagtgtttgaaattgaagagcatatcagcgagcgacaggcagaagtattgg ctgagtttgagagaaggaagcgagcccggcagatcaatgtttccacagatgactcagaggtcaaagcttgcctta gagccttgggggaacccatcacactttttggagagggtcctgctgaaagaagagaaaggttaagaaatatcctct cagttgtcggtactgatgccttgaaaaagaccaaaaaggatgatgagaagtctaaaaagtccaaagaagagtatc agcaaacctggtatcatgaaggaccaaatagcttgaaggtggcaagactatggattgctaattattcgttgccca gggcaatgaaacgcttggaagaggcccgactccataaggagattcctgagacaacaaggacctcccagatgcaag agctgcacaagtctctccggtctttgaataatttttgcagtcagattggggatgatcggcctatctcctactgtc actttagtcccaattccaagatgctggccacagcttgttggagtgggctttgcaagctctggtctgttcctgatt gcaacctccttcacactcttcgagggcataacacaaatgtaggagcaattgtattccatcccaaatccactgtct ccttggacccaaaagatgtcaacctggcctcttgtgcggctgatggctctgtgaagctttggagtctcgacagtg atgaaccagtggcagatattgaaggccatacagtgcgtgtggcgcgggtaatgtggcatccttcaggacgtttcc tgggcaccacctgctatgaccgttcatggcgcttatgggatttggaggctcaagaggagatcctgcatcaggaag gccatagcatgggtgtgtatgacattgccttccatcaagatggctctttggctggcactgggtaaggcttctccc atgtagtcaggggcagttcagtactctcacctcttacctatacctgcttccacagagaactggattcaaagtgtt catttctaaattattttctcaggggactggatgcatttggtcgagtttgggacctacgcacaggacgttgtatca tgttcttagaaggccacctgaaagaaatctatggaataaatttctcccccaatggctatcacattgcaaccggca gtggtgacaacacctgcaaagtgtgggacctccgaaagcggcgttgcgtctacaccatccctgctcatcagaact tagtgactggtgtcaagtttgagcctatccatgggaacttcttgcttactggtgcctatgataacacagccaaga tctggacgcacccaggctggtccccgctgaagactctggctggccacgaaggcaaagtgatgggcctagatattt cttccgatgggcagctcatagccacttgctcatatgacaggaccttcaagctgtggatggctgaatagatgacaa tgggaaaaggacttg PRPF31 gene id: 26121 asv1, intron 12 unspliced gcaccgcatctacgagtatgtggagtcccggatgtccttcatcgcacccaacctgtccatcattatcggggcatc cacggccgccaagatcatgggtgtggccggcggcctgaccaacctctccaagatgcccgcctgcaacatcatgct gctcggggcccagcgcaagacgctgtcgggcttctcgtctacctcagtgctgccccacaccggctacatctacca cagtgacatcgtgcagtccctgccaccggatctgcggcggaaagcggcccggctggtggccgccaagtgcacact ggcagcccgtgtggacagtttccacgagagcacagaagggaaggtgggctacgaactgaaggatgagatcgagcg caaattcgacaagtggcaggagccgccgcctgtgaagcaggtgaagccgctgcctgcgcccctggatggacagcg gaagaagcgaggcggccgcaggtaccgcaagatgaaggagcggctggggctgacggagatccggaagcaggccaa ccgtatgagcttcggagagatcgaggaggacgcctaccaggaggacctgggattcagcctgggccacctgggcaa gtcgggcagtgggcgtgtgcggcagacacaggtaaacgaggccaccaaggccaggatctccaagacgctgcaggt atgggccagacccaggtggggctggggaccgagggacacaaggtggggggagcccagatcgcagcctccctgtcc tccccacagcggaccctgcagaagcagagcgtcgtatatggcgggaagtccaccatccgcgaccgctcctcgggc acggcctccagcgtggccttcaccccactccagggcctggagattgtgaacccacaggcggcagagaagaaggtg gctgaggccaaccagaagtatttctccagcatggctgagttcctcaaggtcaagggcgagaagagtggccttatg tccacctgaatgactgcgtgtgtccaaggtggcttcccactgaagggacacagaggtccagtccttctgaagggc taggatcgggttctggcagggagaacctgccctgccactggccccattgctgggactgcccagggaggaggcctt ggaagagtccggcctggcctcccccaggaccgagatcaccgcccagtatgggctagagcaggttttcatcatgcc ttgt PRPF31 gene id: 26121 asv2, introns 10 and 12 unspliced gcaccgcatctacgagtatgtggagtcccggatgtccttcatcgcacccaacctgtccatcattatcggggcatc cacggccgccaagatcatgggtgtggccggcggcctgaccaacctctccaagatgcccgcctgcaacatcatgct gctcggggcccagcgcaagacgctgtcgggcttctcgtctacctcagtgctgccccacaccggctacatctacca cagtgacatcgtgcagtccctgccaccggatctgcggcggaaagcggcccggctggtggccgccaagtgcacact ggcagcccgtgtggacagtttccacgagagcacagaagggaaggtgggctacgaactgaaggatgagatcgagcg caaattcgacaagtggcaggagccgccgcctgtgaagcaggtgaagccgctgcctgcgcccctggatggacagcg gaagaagcgaggcggccgcaggtgaggggccctgggggtccggtaggcatgggggtcatggaggggagaagccgg cgtcctcctcccagccgactccctggcgccgcccacccacccgtccccaggtaccgcaagatgaaggagcggctg gggctgacggagatccggaagcaggccaaccgtatgagcttcggagagatcgaggaggacgcctaccaggaggac ctgggattcagcctgggccacctgggcaagtcgggcagtgggcgtgtgcggcagacacaggtaaacgaggccacc aaggccaggatctccaagacgctgcaggtatgggccagacccaggtggggctggggaccgagggacacaaggtgg ggggagcccagatcgcagcctccctgtcctccccacagcggaccctgcagaagcagagcgtcgtatatggcggga agtccaccatccgcgaccgctcctcgggcacggcctccagcgtggccttcaccccactccagggcctggagattg tgaacccacaggcggcagagaagaaggtggctgaggccaaccagaagtatttctccagcatggctgagttcctca aggtcaagggcgagaagagtggccttatgtccacctgaatgactgcgtgtgtccaaggtggcttcccactgaagg gacacagaggtccagtccttctgaagggctaggatcgggttctggcagggagaacctgccctgccactggcccca ttgctgggactgcccagggaggaggccttggaagagtccggcctggcctcccccaggaccgagatcaccgcccag tatgggctagagcaggttttcatcatgccttgt SF4 gene id: 57794 asv1, unique exon 5 ccccctaaatctggaaaaatgaacatgaacatccttcaccaggaagagctcatcgctcagaagaaacgggaaatt gaagccaaaatggaacagaaagccaagcagaatcaggtggccagccctcagcccccacatcctggcgaaatcaca aatgcacacaactcttcctgcatttccaacaagtttgccaacgatggtagcttcttgcagcagtttctgaagttg cagaaggcacagaccagcacagacgccccgaccagtgcgcccagcgcccctcccagcacacccacccccagcgct gggaagaggtccctgctcatcagcaggcggacaggcctggggctggccagcctgccgggccctgtgaagagctac tcccacgccaagcagctgcccgtggcgcaccgcccgagtgtcttccagtcccctgacgaggacgaggaggaggac tatgagcagtggctggagatcaaagagagagtgtgcctattgactgtggggtgtgtgagttgaaccccagtactg acagcctccttaaagtttcacccccagagggagccgagactcggaaagtgatagagaaattggcccgctttgtgg cagaaggaggccccgagttagaaaaagtagctatggaggactacaaggataacccagcatttgcatttttgcacg ataagaatagcagggaattcctctactacaggaagaaggtggctgagataagaaaggaagcacagaagtcgcagg cagcctctcagaaagtitcacccccagaggacgaagaggtcaagaaccttgcagaaaagttggccaggttcatag cggacgggggtcccgaggtggaaaccattgccctccagaacaaccgtgagaaccaggcattcagctttctgtatg agcccaatagccaagggtacaagtactaccgacagaagctggaggagttccggaaagccaaggccagctccacag gcagcttcacagcacctgatcccggcctgaagcgcaagtcccctcctgaggccctgtcagggtccttacccccag ccaccacctgccccgcctcgtccacgcctgcgcccactatcatccctgctccagct SFRS1 gene id: 6426 asv1, intron 3 unspliced caaggacattgaggacgtgttctacaaatacggcgctatccgcgacatcgacctcaagaatcgccgcgggggacc gcccttcgccttcgttgagttcgaggacccgcgagacgcggaagacgcggtgtatggtcgcgacggctatgatta cgatgggtaccgtctgcgggtggagtttcctcgaagcggccgtggaacaggccgaggcggcggcgggggtggagg tggcggagctccccgaggtcgctatggccccccatccaggcggtctgaaaacagagtggttgtctctggactgcc tccaagtggaagttggcaggatttaaaggatcacatgcgtgaagcaggtgatgtatgttatgctgatgtttaccg agatggcactggtgtcgtggagtttgtacggaaagaagatatgacctatgcagttcgaaaactggataacactaa gtttagatctcatgaggtaggttatacacgtattcttttctttgaccagaattggatacagtggtcttaacagtg gaatttcaaggtaaggattcaggcaaggttgtccaagtaaattgccagatttctggttttagttacattgtattc attcagcatgtctgaagatagatgaaagcttagatctttcaatggaaagttctgtctatccaatagggagaaact gcctacatccgggttaaagttgatgggcccagaagtccaagttatggaagatctcgatctcgaagccgtagtcgt agcagaagccgtagcagaagcaacagcaggagtcgcagttactccccaaggagaagcagaggatcaccacgctat tctccccgtcatagcagatctcgctctcgtacataagatgattggtgacactttttgtagaacccatgttgtata cagttttcctttattcagtacaatcttttcattttttaattcaaactgttttgttcagaatgggctaaagtgttg aattgcattcttgtaatatccccttgctcctaacatctacattcccttcgtgtctttgat SFRS1 gene id: 6426 asv2, exon 1 extended 5′ caaggacattgaggacgtgttctacaaatacggcgctatccgcgacatcgacctcaagaatcgccgcgggggacc gcccttcgccttcgttgagttcgaggacccgcggtgaggcggcatggggcttgcagccttgaggaaatagagacg cggaagacgcggtgtatggtcgcgacggctatgattacgatgggtaccgtctgcgggtggagtttcctcgaagcg gccgtggaacaggccgaggcggcggcggggggtggaggtggcggagctccccgagtcgctatggccccccatcca ggcggtctgaaaacagagtggttgtctctggactgcctccaagtggaagttggcaggatttaaaggatcacatgc gtgaagcaggtgatgtatgttatgctgatgtttaccgagatggcactggtgtcgtggagtttgtacggaaagaag atatgacctatgcagttcgaaaactggataacactaagtttagatctcatgagggagaaactgcctacatccggg ttaaagttgatgggcccagaagtccaagttatggaagatctcgatctcgaagccgtagtcgtagcagaagccgta gcagaagcaacagcaggagtcgcagttactccccaaggagaagcagaggatcaccacgctattctccccgtcata gcagatctcgctctcgtacataagatgattggtgacactttttgtagaacccatgttgtatacagttttccttta ttcagtacaatcttttcattttttaattcaaactgttttgttcagaatgggctaaagtgttgaattgcattcttg taatatccccttgctcctaacatctacattcccttcgtgtctttgat SRPK1 gene id: 6732 asv1, exon 10 missing 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gtgtacaggaaattacttcatttgacaggagtatgtacagaaaattcaagttttgtttgagacttcataagcttg gtgcatttttaagatgttttagctgttcaaatctgtttgtctcttgaaacagtgacacaaaggtgtaattctcta tggtttgaaatggatcatacgaggc

Autoantibody Detection Platforms

ELISA methods and array-based protein detection methods are well known to those skilled in the art. Peptides for the detection of autoantibodies specific for tumor-enriched or tumor-specific transcription modulator splice variants may be non-diffusibly bound to an insoluble support having isolated sample receiving areas (e.g., a microtiter plate, an array, etc.). The insoluble supports may be made of any composition to which the compositions can be bound, is readily separated from soluble material, and is otherwise compatible with the overall method of screening. The surface of such supports may be solid or porous and of any convenient shape. Examples of suitable insoluble supports include microtiter plates, arrays, membranes and beads. These are typically made of glass, plastic (e.g., polystyrene), polysaccharides, nylon or nitrocellulose, Teflon™, etc. Microtiter plates and arrays are especially convenient because a large number of assays can be carried out simultaneously, using small amounts of reagents and samples. In some cases magnetic beads and the like are included. The particular manner of binding of the composition is not crucial so long as it is compatible with the reagents and overall methods of the invention, maintains the activity of the composition and is nondiffusable. Preferred methods of binding include direct binding to “sticky” or ionic supports, chemical crosslinking, the synthesis of peptide on the surface, etc. Following binding of the peptide, excess unbound material is removed by washing. The sample receiving areas may then be blocked through incubation with bovine serum albumin (BSA), casein or other innocuous protein or other moiety.

Methods and Compositions for Cancer Subtype Diagnosis and Prognosis

It is a further embodiment of the present invention that the disclosed methods of diagnosing and classifying tumors be used by a practitioner to make a prognosis of a neoplastic condition. Because the developmental stage of any particular cell type is characterized by the expression of a unique set of transcription modulators, assaying the expression of transcription modulator splice variants would allow a practitioner to foretell the course of a particular tumor, and/or monitor the course of an ongoing therapeutic regimen.

Diagnostic and Prognostic Kits

The present invention also encompasses kits for performing the diagnostic and prognostic methods of the invention. Such kits can be prepared from readily available materials and reagents. For example, such kits can comprise any one or more of the following materials: enzymes, reaction tubes, buffers, detergent, primers, probes, antibodies, and peptides. It is preferred that these test kits contain one or more of the primer sequences provided herein to be used to detect the presence of tumor-specific/enriched transcriptional modulator splice variants. In a preferred embodiment, these test kits allow a practitioner to obtain samples of neoplastic cells in blood, tears, semen, saliva, urine, tissue, serum, stool, sputum, cerebrospinal fluid and supernatant from cell lysate. In another preferred embodiment these test kits include the needed apparatus for performing RNA extraction, RT-PCR, and gel electrophoresis. In another embodiment, autoantibody detection kits comprising autoantibody-detecting peptides are provided. Instructions for performing the assays can also be included in the kits.

Therapeutics and Methods of Treatment

Also disclosed herein are methods for the treatment of cancer, and bioactive agents useful in these methods. Bioactive agents are agents having biological activity. Specifically, they are chemical entities that are capable of reacting with one or more molecules in a cell or in an organism to produce an effect in that cell or organism.

Cancer-associated splice variants of transcription factors, and of basal transcription factors in particular, are preferred therapeutic targets, owing in part to their role in the coordinated regulation (or perturbation) of gene expression in pathological cell states.

Bioactive agents encompass numerous chemical classes, though typically they are organic molecules, preferably small organic compounds having a molecular weight of more than 100 and less than about 2,500 daltons, more preferably between 100 and 2000, more preferably between about 100 and about 1250, more preferably between about 100 and about 1000, more preferably between about 100 and about 750, more preferably between about 200 and about 500 daltons. Bioactive agents comprise functional groups necessary for structural interaction with proteins, particularly hydrogen bonding, and typically include at least an amine, carbonyl, hydroxyl or carboxyl group, preferably at least two of the functional chemical groups. The bioactive agents often comprise cyclical carbon or heterocyclic structures and/or aromatic or polyaromatic structures substituted with one or more of the above functional groups. Bioactive agents are also found among biomolecules including peptides, saccharides, fatty acids, steroids, purines, pyrimidines, derivatives, structural analogs or combinations thereof. Preferred bioactive agents include peptides, e.g., peptidomimetics. Peptidomimetics can be made as described, e.g., in WO 98/56401.

Bioactive agents are obtained from a wide variety of sources including libraries of synthetic or natural compounds. For example, numerous means are available for random and directed synthesis of a wide variety of organic compounds and biomolecules, including expression of randomized oligonucleotides. Alternatively, libraries of natural compounds in the form of bacterial, fungal, plant and animal extracts are available or readily produced. Additionally, natural or synthetically produced libraries and compounds are readily modified through conventional chemical, physical and biochemical means. Known pharmacological agents may be subjected to directed or random chemical modifications, such as acylation, alkylation, esterification, amidification to produce structural analogs.

In a preferred embodiment, the bioactive agents are organic chemical moieties or small molecule chemical compositions, a wide variety of which are available in the literature.

In another preferred embodiment, the bioactive agents are nucleic acids. By “nucleic acid” or oligonucleotide or grammatical equivalents herein means at least two nucleotides covalently linked together. A nucleic acid of the present invention will generally contain phosphodiester bonds, although in some cases, as outlined herein, particularly with respect to antisense nucleic acids or probes, nucleic acid analogs are included that may have alternate backbones, comprising, for example, phosphoramide (Beaucage, et al., Tetrahedron, 49(10):1925 (1993) and references therein; Letsinger, J. Org. Chem., 35:3800 (1970); Sprinzl, et al., Eur. J. Biochem., 81:579 (1977); Letsinger, et al., Nucl. Acids Res., 14:3487 (1986); Sawai, et al., Chem. Lett., 805 (1984), Letsinger, et al., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 110:4470 (1988); and Pauwels, et al., Chemica Scripta, 26:141 (1986)), phosphorothioate (Mag, et al., Nucleic Acids Res., 19:1437 (1991); and U.S. Pat. No. 5,644,048), phosphorodithioate (Briu, et al., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 111:2321 (1989)), O-methylphosphoroamidite linkages (see Eckstein, Oligonucleotides and Analogues: A Practical Approach, Oxford University Press), and peptide nucleic acid backbones and linkages (see Egholm, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 114:1895 (1992); Meier, et al., Chem. Int. Ed. Engl., 31:1008 (1992); Nielsen, Nature, 365:566 (1993); Carlsson, et al., Nature, 380:207 (1996), all of which are incorporated by reference)). Other analog nucleic acids include those with positive backbones (Denpcy, et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 92:6097 (1995)); non-ionic backbones (U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,386,023; 5,637,684; 5,602,240; 5,216,141; and 4,469,863; Kiedrowshi, et al., Angew. Chem. Intl. Ed. English, 30:423 (1991); Letsinger, et al., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 110:4470 (1988); Letsinger, et al., Nucleoside & Nucleotide, 13:1597 (1994); Chapters 2 and 3, ASC Symposium Series 580, “Carbohydrate Modifications in Antisense Research”, Ed. Y. S. Sanghui and P. Dan Cook; Mesmaeker, et al., Bioorganic & Medicinal Chem. Lett., 4:395 (1994); Jeffs, et al., J. Biomolecular NMR, 34:17 (1994); Tetrahedron Lett., 37:743 (1996)) and non-ribose backbones, including those described in U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,235,033 and 5,034,506, and Chapters 6 and 7, ASC Symposium Series 580, “Carbohydrate Modifications in Antisense Research”, Ed. Y. S. Sanghui and P. Dan Cook. Nucleic acids containing one or more carbocyclic sugars, as well as “locked nucleic acids”, are also included within the definition of nucleic acids (see Jenkins, et al., Chem. Soc. Rev., (1995) pp. 169-176). Several nucleic acid analogs are described in Rawls, C & E News, Jun. 2, 1997, page 35. All of these references are hereby expressly incorporated by reference. These modifications of the ribose-phosphate backbone may be done to facilitate the addition of additional moieties such as labels, or to increase the stability and half-life of such molecules in physiological environments. In addition, mixtures of naturally occurring nucleic acids and analogs can be made. Alternatively, mixtures of different nucleic acid analogs, and mixtures of naturally occurring nucleic acids and analogs may be made. The nucleic acids may be single stranded or double stranded, as specified, or contain portions of both double stranded or single stranded sequence. The nucleic acid may be DNA, both genomic and cDNA, RNA or a hybrid, where the nucleic acid contains any combination of deoxyribo- and ribo-nucleotides, and any combination of bases, including uracil, adenine, thymine, cytosine, guanine, inosine, xathanine hypoxathanine, isocytosine, isoguanine, etc.

Examples of highly preferred bioactive agents are described below, though this description is in no way to be construed as limiting the set of bioactive agents useful in the present methods.

(i) siRNA

Inhibition of the activity of specific isoforms of transcription modulators, particularly tumor-specific or tumor-enriched splice variants of transcription modulators, may be accomplished using short interfering RNA (siRNA). Many reports have established that the activity of specific genes and isoforms can be inhibited using siRNA. For example, see Bai et al., Nucleic Acids Res., 31:7264-70, 2003; Wall et al., Lancet., 362:1401-3, 2003; Zhang et al., Cell, 115:177-86, 2003; Quinn et al., Cancer Res., 63:6221-8, 2003. siRNA may be designed by routine methods in the art, for example using design software, such as siDirect (see Naito et al., Nucleic Acids Res. 2004 Jul. 1; 32(Web Server issue):W124-9; or SVM RNAi. siRNA based on any given target sequence may also be obtained from a commercial source, such as, for example, DHARMACON.

(ii) Antisense

Inhibition of the activity of specific isoforms of transcription modulators, particularly tumor-specific or tumor-enriched splice variants of transcription modulators, may be accomplished using antisense oligonucleotides. Numerous reports have established that the activity of specific genes and isoforms can be inhibited using antisense oligonucleotides. For example, see Manion et al., Cancer Biol Ther., 2:S105-14, 2003; Zhang et al., Proc Natl Acad Sci, 100:11636-41, 2003; Kabos et al., J Biol. Chem., 277:8763-6, 2002.

(iii) Intrabodies

The use of intrabodies is known in the art, for example, see Marasco, Curr. Top. Microbiol. Immunol. 260:247-270, 2001; Wirtz et al., Prot. Sci. 8(11):2245-50 (1999); Ohage et al. J. Mol. Biol. 291(5):1129-34 and Ohage et al. J. Biol. Chem. 291(5): 1119-28 (1999). Intrabodies may be used to modulate the activity of transcription modulator splice variants in situ.

(iv) Decoy Nucleic Acids

Inhibition of the activity of specific isoforms of transcription modulators, particularly tumor-specific or tumor-enriched splice variants of transcription modulators, where the transcription modulators are nucleic acid binding proteins, may be accomplished using “decoy” oligonucleotides that specifically bind to the splice variants and inhibit binding to native targets, including regulatory elements in genomic DNA. Numerous reports have established that the activity of specific genes and isoforms can be inhibited using decoy oligonucleotides. For example, see Cho et al., Proc Natl Acad Sci, 99:15626-31, 2002; Ahn et al., Biochem Biophys Res Commun., 310:1048-53, 2003; Morishita, Curr Drug Targets, 4:2 p before 599, 2003.

(v) Dominant Negative Isoforms

Inhibition of the activity of specific isoforms of transcription modulators, particularly tumor-specific or tumor-enriched splice variants of transcription modulators, may be accomplished using dominant negative isoforms of the transcription modulators. Because much is known about the structure of transcription modulators and the function of individual domains within transcriptional modulators, the function of splice variants can be predicted, and the suitability of the dominant negative technique for the inhibition of splice variant activity can be gauged. Basically, a dominant negative isoform will be designed to lack at least one molecular activity of a targeted splice variant while maintaining other activities and effectively replacing the splice variant with an isoform that is functionally deficient in at least one respect. For example, where the target splice variant is a transcription factor with an identifiable DNA-binding domain, activation domain, and protein:protein interaction motif, a dominant negative may be engineered to maintain the protein:protein interaction motif, but lack the DNA binding domain. Taking the place of the splice variant, the dominant negative will participate in protein:protein interactions with splice variant partners, but be unable to bind DNA as the splice variant normally would. Such a dominant negative design is reminiscent of the Id family of bHLH transcription factor inhibitors.

(vi) Mimicking Peptides

Inhibition of the activity of specific isoforms of transcription modulators, particularly tumor-specific or tumor-enriched splice variants of transcription modulators, may be accomplished using cell penetrating peptides (CPP) containing “mimicking peptides”. “Mimicking peptides” mimic the interaction domains of transcription factors, i.e., exhibit the function of the interaction domain and may take the place of a splice variant in this respect, and are transported into cells by the CPP. Such CPP-mimicking peptide conjugates have been shown to effectively modulate the activity of transcription factors. For example, see Krosl et al., Nat. Med., 9:1428-32, 2003; Arnt et al., J Biol. Chem., 15; 277(46):44236-43, 2002; Kanovsky et al., Proc Natl Acad Sci, 98(22):12438-43, 2001.

(vii) Small Molecules

Inhibition of the activity of specific isoforms of transcription modulators, particularly tumor-specific or tumor-enriched splice variants of transcription modulators, may be accomplished using small molecules. A small molecule may interfere with any activity possessed by a transcription modulator splice variant that contributes to its ability to modulate transcription. For example, a small molecule may interfere with the ability of a transcription modulator splice variant to enter the nucleus, or to bind DNA, or to heterodimerize with a DNA-binding partner, or to interact with a corepressor molecule, or to interact with a basal transcription factor. Numerous reports have established that the activity of specific genes and isoforms can be inhibited using small molecules. For example, see Berg et al., Proc Natl Acad Sci, 99:3830-5, 2002; Bykov et al., Nat. Med., 8:282-8, 2002.

In a preferred embodiment of the methods provided herein, a small molecule interacts with an amino acid sequence present in the splice variant which is not present in the wildtype counterpart of the transcription modulator.

Preferably, where the transcription modulator splice variant includes a novel amino acid sequence (with respect to wildtype counterpart), a small molecule interacts with a region of the splice variant including the novel amino acid sequence, or a portion thereof.

Preferably, where the transcription modulator splice variant includes an in-frame deletion of amino acids present in its wildtype counterpart, a small molecule interacts with a region of the splice variant including the site at which the deletion occurs.

(viii) Gene Therapy

Where the expression of splice variant transcription modulators endows a tumor cell with a unique transcriptional activity, particularly a transcription activating activity that is mediated by a responsive element in DNA, such activity may be exploited to selectively express toxic agents in tumor cells. Specifically, a recombinant construct comprising a gene encoding a toxic agent under the control of such a responsive element may be engineered and introduced into cells, where it will be selectively expressed in such tumor cells possessing the unique transcriptional activity. Toxic agents may include toxic proteins, peptides, antisense oligonucleotides, and siRNAs. Toxic proteins and peptides are those that are detrimental to cell survival.

By “inhibiting activity” is meant reducing from the activity level observed in the absence of the bioactive agent, including reducing activity to an undetectable level of activity.

Pharmaceutical Compositions and Treatment

The bioactive agents, either alone or in combination, may be used in vitro, ex vivo, and in vivo depending on the particular application. In accordance, the present invention provides for administering a pharmaceutical composition comprising a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier and a pharmacologically effective amount of one or more of the bioactive agents. The pharmaceutical composition may be formulated as powders, granules, solutions, suspensions, aerosols, solids, pills, tablets, capsules, gels, topical crèmes, suppositories, transdermal patches (e.g., via transdermal iontophoresis), etc.

As used herein, “pharmaceutically acceptable carrier” comprises any of standard pharmaceutically accepted carriers known to those of ordinary skill in the art in formulating pharmaceutical compositions. Thus, bioactive agents, by themselves, such as being present as pharmaceutically acceptable salts, or as conjugates, or where appropriate, nucleic acid vehicles encoding bioactive peptides, may be prepared as formulations in pharmaceutically acceptable diluents; for example, saline, phosphate buffer saline (PBS), aqueous ethanol, or solutions of glucose, mannitol, dextran, propylene glycol, oils (e.g., vegetable oils, animal oils, synthetic oils, etc.), microcrystalline cellulose, carboxymethyl cellulose, hydroxylpropyl methyl cellulose, magnesium stearate, calcium phosphate, gelatin, polysorbate 80 or the like, or as solid formulations in appropriate excipients. Other types of suitable carriers include liposomes, microparticles, nanoparticles, hydrogels, as is well known in the art.

The formulations may include bactericidal agents, stabilizers, buffers, emulsifiers, preservatives, sweetening agents, lubricants, or the like. If administration is by oral route, the oligopeptides may be protected from degradation by using a suitable enteric coating, or by other suitable protective means, for example internment in a polymer matrix such as microparticles or pH sensitive hydrogels.

Suitable carriers, including excipients and diluents, may be found in, among others, Remington's Pharmaceutical Sciences, Mack Publishing Co., Philadelphia, Pa. (17th ed., 1985) and Handbook of Pharmaceutical Excipients, 3rd Ed, Washington D.C., American Pharmaceutical Association (Kibbe, A. H. ed., 2000); hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety. The pharmaceutical compositions described herein can be made in a manner well known to those skilled in the art (e.g., by means conventional in the art, including, by way of example and not limitation, mixing, dissolving, granulating, levigating, emulsifying, encapsulating, entrapping or lyophilizing processes).

The concentrations of the bioactive agents for use in the methods of treatment described herein will be determined empirically in accordance with conventional procedures for the particular purpose. Generally, for administering the bioactive agents ex vivo or in vivo for therapeutic purposes, the bioactive agents are given at a pharmacologically effective dose. By “pharmacologically effective amount” or “pharmacologically effective dose” is an amount sufficient to produce the desired physiological effect or amount capable of achieving the desired result, particularly for treating the disorder or disease condition, including reducing or eliminating one or more symptoms or manifestations of the disorder or disease.

The effective dose administered to the host will vary depending upon what is being administered, the purpose of the administration, such as prophylaxis or therapy, the state of the host, the manner of administration, the number of administrations, interval between administrations, and the like. These can be determined empirically by those skilled in the art and may be adjusted for the extent of the therapeutic response. Factors to consider in determining an appropriate dose include, but are not limited to, size and weight of the subject, the age and sex of the subject, the severity of the symptom, the stage of the disease, method of delivery of the agent, half-life of the agents, and efficacy of the agents. Stage of the disease to consider includes whether the disease is relapsing or in remission phase, and the progressiveness of the disease. Determining the dosages and times of administration for a therapeutically effective amount are well within the skill of the ordinary person in the art.

For example, an initial effective dose can be estimated initially from cell culture assays. Tumor cell proliferation and/or expression of splice variants of the transcriptional modulators may be used to assay effectiveness of the bioactive agent. A dose can then be formulated in animal models to generate a circulating concentration or tissue concentration, including that of the IC50 (concentration of bioactive reagent to achieve 50% reduction in activity being assayed, e.g., cell proliferation) as determined by the cell culture assays. Useful animal models include, but are not limited to, mouse, rat, guinea pigs, rabbits, pigs, monkeys, and chimpanzees.

In addition, the toxicity and therapeutic efficacy may be determined by cell culture assays and/or experimental animals, typically by determining a LD50 (lethal dose to 50% of the test population) and ED50 (therapeutically effectiveness in 50% of the test population). The dose ratio of toxicity and therapeutic effectiveness is the therapeutic index. Preferred are bioactive agents, individually or in combination, exhibiting high therapeutic indices.

For the purposes of this invention, the methods for administering the bioactive agents are chosen depending on the condition being treated, the form of the bioactive agent, and the pharmaceutical composition. Administration of the bioactive agents can be done in a variety of ways, including, but not limited to, cutaneously, subcutaneously, intravenously, orally, topically, transdermally, intraperitoneally, intramuscularly, and intravesically. For example, microparticle, microsphere, and microencapsulate formulations are useful for oral, intramuscular, or subcutaneous administrations. Liposomes and nanoparticles are additionally suitable for intravenous administrations. Administration of the pharmaceutical compositions may be through a single route or concurrently by several routes. For instance, oral administration can be accompanied by intravenous or parenteral injections.

In one embodiment, the method of administration is by oral delivery, in the form of a powder, tablet, pill, or capsule. Pharmaceutical formulations for oral administration may be made by combining one or more of the bioactive agents with suitable excipients, such as sugars (e.g., lactose, sucrose, mannitol, or sorbitol), cellulose (e.g., starch, methyl cellulose, hydroxymethyl cellulose, carboxymethyl cellulose, etc.), gelatin, glycine, saccharin, magnesium carbonate, calcium carbonate, polymers such as polyethylene glycol or polyvinylpyrrolidone, and the like. The pills, tablets, or capsules may have an enteric coating, which remains intact in the stomach but dissolves in the intestine. Various enteric coating are known in the art, a number of which are commercially available, including, but not limited to, methacrylic acid-methacrylic acid ester copolymers, polymer cellulose ether, cellulose acetate phathalate, polyvinyl acetate phthalate, hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose phthalate, and the like. In another embodiment, oral formulations of the bioactive agents are in prepared in a suitable diluent. Suitable diluents include various liquid forms (e.g., syrups, slurries, suspensions, etc.) in aqueous diluents such as water, saline, phosphate buffered saline, aqueous ethanol, solutions of sugars (e.g., sucrose, mannitol, or sorbitol), glycerol, aqueous suspensions of gelatin, methyl cellulose, hydroxylmethyl cellulose, cyclodextrins, and the like. In some embodiments, lipohilic solvents are used, including oils, for instance, vegetable oils, peanut oil, sesame oil, olive oil, corn oil, safflower oil, soybean oil, etc.; fatty acid esters, such as oleates, triglycerides, etc.; cholesterol derivatives, including cholesterol oleate, cholesterol linoleate, cholesterol myristilate, etc.; liposomes; and the like.

In yet another embodiment, the administration is carried out cutaneously, subcutaneously, intraperitonealy, intramuscularly and/or intravenously. Bioactive agents may be dissolved or suspended in a suitable aqueous medium for administration. Additionally, the pharmaceutical compositions for injection may be prepared in lipophilic solvents, which include, but are not limited to, oils, such as vegetable oils, olive oil, peanut oil, palm oil soybean oil, safflower oil, etc; synthetic fatty acid esters, such as ethyl oleate or triglycerides; cholesterol derivatives, including cholesterol oleate, cholesterol linoleate, cholesterol myristilate, etc.; or liposomes, as described above. The bioactive agents may be prepared directly in the lipophilic solvent or as oil/water emulsions, (see for example, Liu, F. et al., Pharm. Res. 12: 1060-1064 (1995); Prankerd, R. J., J. Parent. Sci. Tech. 44: 139-49 (1990); and U.S. Pat. No. 5,651,991).

The delivery systems also include sustained release or long term delivery methods, which are well known to those skilled in the art. By “sustained release or” “long term release” as used herein is meant that the delivery system administers a pharmaceutically therapeutic amount of bioactive agent for more than a day, preferably more than a week, and in certain instances 30 days to 60 days, or longer. Long term release systems may comprise implantable solids or gels, such as biodegradable polymers (see, e.g., Brown, D. M. et al., Anticancer Drugs, 7:507-513 (1996)); pumps, including peristaltic pumps and fluorocarbon propellant pumps; osmotic and mini-osmotic pumps; and the like.

Development of a Database

Also contemplated herein is the formation of a database correlating transcription modulator splice variant expression with cancer phenotype and response to treatment. The establishment of such a database provides for the optimization of cancer treatment, whereby a precise molecular cancer diagnosis/prognosis is made by transcription modulator splice variant profiling, and consultation of the database reveals what treatments are likely to benefit the patient, and what treatments are likely to have harmful side effects and/or be ineffective for the patient.

EXPERIMENTAL Identification of Tumor-Specific/Enriched Splice Variants of Transcription Modulators Useful for Diagnosis

A number of public databases holding gene expression data derived from a variety of cancer types are well known. For example, National Center for Biotechnology Information's EST database houses records of expressed sequence tags (ESTs) identified in differential display experiments, including ESTs that are upregulated or specific to a variety of cancer types.

Based on the identification of such EST sequences, a genomic database (such as that at NCBI) was consulted to identify corresponding genes. Those which were determined by inspection, using knowledge held in the art, to be multi-exon genes encoding transcription modulators, and thus having the potential to generate transcription modulator splice variants specific to or enriched in cancer, were identified. Primers directed to the distal 5′ (at start) and distal 3′ (at stop) regions of mRNA based on the wildtype sequence were used in RT-PCR reactions with RNA isolated from a variety of tumor cell types, including primary human tumor cell samples and human tumor cell lines. PCR products differing from the wildtype-derived product were sequenced and determined to be transcription modulator splice variants expressed in tumor cells.

Using this approach, human tumor-specific/enriched splice variants were identified (FIGS. 1-236).

cDNA amplification using RT-PCR is performed as is described in Palm et al., J. Neurosci., 8: 1280-1296 (1998). As with any PCR reaction, triplicate samples were run to ensure the validity of the PCR result. Components and cycling will depend on individual template and primers.

1. To RNA pellet, add 10 μl DEPC—H₂O and 1 μl RNase inhibitor (20 U/μl (Perkin Elmer)).

2. Resuspend the RNA pellet with gentle tapping.

3. Quick spin.

4. Aliquot 5 μl into 2 sterile tubes for (+) and (−) RT reactions.

5. For each batch of samples, prepare additional control tubes as follows, using either high-quality RNA or DEPC-dH₂O in place of the 5 μl sample RNA:

Control Type (+) RT (−) RT Positive High-quality RNA High-quality RNA Negative DEPC-dH₂O DEPC-dH₂O

6. Prepare sufficient volume of the following +/−RT master reaction mixtures for all reaction tubes:

(+) RT master reaction mixture (−) RT master reaction mixture 1.0 μl DEPC-dH₂O 1.5 μl DEPC-dH₂O 2.0 μl First strand RT buffer 2.0 μl First strand RT buffer (LT) (Life Technologies) 1.0 μl dNTP 250 uM (Roche) 1.0 μl dNTP 250 uM (Roche) 0.5 μl Random hexamer primers 0.5 μl Random hexamer primers Total volume = 4.5 μl Total volume = 5.0 μl

7. Aliquot either 4.5 μl or 5.0 μl of the relevant master mix to the (+) and (−) RT tubes.

8. Incubate at 65° C. for 5 minutes, then at 25° C. for 10 minutes.

9. Add 0.5 μl Superscript II (SSII) reverse transcriptase (Life Technologies to all (+) RT tubes only.

10. Incubate all tubes at 25° C. for 10 minutes, then at 37° C. for 40 minutes.

11. Incubate at 95° C. for 5 minutes to denature the SSII.

12. Quick spin.

13. Aliquot 3 μl of each cDNA sample into a sterile PCR tube.

14. Prepare sufficient volume of PCR master reaction mixture for all reaction tubes and add 7 μl to each tube.

PCR Master Reaction Mixture

1.0 μl PCR Buffer GC-Rich PCR System or the Expand™ Long Distance PCR System kit (Roche)

0.8 μl dNTP 250 μM (Roche)

0.2 μl Forward primer

0.2 μl Reverse primer

(0.2 μl dCTP α-³³P (or α-³²P), in cases when necessary)

0.2 μl polymerase, n U/μl, GC-Rich PCR System or the Expand™ Long Distance PCR System kit (Roche), according to manufacturer's instructions

4.6 (4.4) μl DEPC-dH₂O

Total volume=7 μl

15. PCR Cycling Conditions:

The preferred PCR cycling conditions in general are 35 cycles at 92°, annealing for 1 minute at 56°, and synthesis for one minute at 72°. A specific example follows.

Cycles Temp. (° C.) Time 1 94 2 min 35-45 94 30 seconds x* 40 seconds 68 or 72 150 seconds 1 68 or 72 10 min

56 is annealing temperature, dependent on the primer used.

16. Store the PCR products at 4° C. or continue to step 5.

17. Pour a 1-2% agarose 6% polyacrylamide sequencing gel (PAGE) while the PCR is cycling.

18. After cycling is complete, add 2.5 μl sample buffer (5×) to samples

19. Denature samples at 95° C. for 3 minutes and place directly on ice.

20. Load 3.5 μl sample on gel and run samples to desired distance.

21. Visualize products on an ethidium bromide treated agarose gel or if PAGE is used, then dry gel and expose to phosphoroimager screen or film.

If necessary, RNA from isolated cell populations is then further characterized for purity by reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) with primers specific for a series of established marker genes including: vimentin (stromal cells), cytokeratin 19 (glandular epithelial cells) and CD45 (inflammatory cells/lymphocytes), and other. In addition, more specific markers for NE origin of cells (chromograninA, synaptophysin, 5-hydroxytryptophan receptor, somatostatin receptor or other) can be incorporated.

RNA Extraction

In a preferred embodiment RNA is extracted from the test and control samples as described in Timmusk et al., Neuron, 10: 475-489 (1993). In brief: To isolate RNA from solid or liquid matrices including blood, stool, sputum, urine, samples are homogenized in 5 ml of Guanidinium lysis buffer (4M Guanidinium isothiocyanate, 25 mM sodium acetate pH 6.0 and 1 mM EDTA pH 8.0; 0.1% DEPC-H₂O; 20% (w/v) N-lauryl sarcosine 10 M; β-mercaptoethanol; 100 mM DTT; RNasin RNase inhibitor (Promega) per 100 μl of the liquid sample, for example. RNA is solubilized by repetitive pipetting. Cell lysates are transferred to a fresh tube and an equal portion (500 μl of the water-saturated acid phenol-chloroform per 100 μl of the liquid sample) is added to the cell lysate. Total RNA is extracted by further ethanol precipitation. In certain applications, liquid matrices (saliva) are first heat-treated (60° C., 15 min) prior to further processing. This is aimed to denature enzymes (salivary) that may affect mRNA stability or interfere with the PCR procedure.

Preparation of Samples

Blood, ocular discharge, nasal discharge, saliva, feces, CSF, and tissue are collected from healthy and suspected subjects. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) are isolated from 2 ml of whole blood treated with anticoagulant (for example, CPD-A1®, Green Cross Co, Korea) by centrifugation over Ficoll-sodium diatrizoate solution.

Ocular and nasal discharges, saliva, and feces are eluted with 0.5 ml phosphated buffered saline (PBS).

Sputum samples are considered unsatisfactory for evaluation if alveolar lung macrophages are absent or if a marked inflammatory component is present that dilutes the concentration of pulmonary epithelial cells.

Urine often contains very low numbers of tumor cells. In these cases, we recommend concentrating samples of up to 3.5 ml to a final volume of 140 μl, before processing. Concentrated sample of urine are obtained by centrifugation for 10 min at 12,000 rpm. In another application, 30 ml-100 ml of urine samples are spun at 10,000 g, 4° C., 30 min.

Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is collected in 0.5 ml samples and processed as non-centrifuged material.

The tumor tissue is obtained through biopsy or surgical resection. For example, tissue samples obtained at resection and biopsies are fixed by perfusion or immersion in neutral buffered formalin (NBF), respectively. A portion of each tumor sample is frozen in liquid nitrogen and the remaining tumor tissue is fixed in NBF, embedded in paraffin; 5-μm sections are cut, and stained with hematoxylin and eosin to identify precursor lesions. Lung lobes obtained from patients undergoing resection were sampled as follows. The normal tissue surrounding the tumor is sampled extending in all directions toward the periphery of the tumor. Approximately eight separate pieces of tissue are embedded in paraffin, sectioned, and stained with hematoxylin and eosin to identify precursor lesions. Lesions are classified based on World Health Organization criteria. Sequential sections from biopsies and lesions identified in resections are cut (5-10 μm), deparaffinized, and stained with toluidine blue to facilitate dissection. A 25-gauge needle attached to a tuberculin syringe is used to remove the lesions under a dissecting microscope. Because of the extensive contamination of some lesions with normal tissue (e.g., SCC, adenoma, alveolar hyperplasia) or the small size of some lesions, <0.001 mm³, it is essential to include normal appearing cells to ensure that enough sample remained to conduct the RT-PCR assay as described below. Since, because the goal of the diagnostic analysis is to determine whether abnormal splice variants are present in these lesions and not to quantitate their levels, the presence of normal tissue-“contaminant” is acceptable. In cases where the lesion is pure, of substantial size (>500 cells), and easily dissected, it is possible to microdissect only the lesion itself.

Expression of Transcription Modulator Splice Variants in a Variety of Cancer Types

TABLE 3 EXPRESSION breast lung glioblastoma Factor ASV cDNA cancer cancer melanoma SCLC1 SCLC2 G3 GBM TAF TAF2 TAF2 P P P P P P P TAF2 ASV1 insert 165 nt after ex. 9 P N N N N N N TAF2 ASV2 insert 152 nt after ex. 9 P N N N N N N TAF4 TAF4 (S2/AS3) N N N N N N N TAF4 ASV1 exons 6-9 spliced out P P P N N N N TAF4 ASV2 (S2/As2) exon 7 spliced out N N P P P P P TAF7L TAF7L P N P N N N N TAF7L ASV1 new exon between ex. 8 and 9 P N P N P N N TAF10 TAF10 P P P P P P P TAF10 ASV1 intron seq. after exon 2 P P P N N N N TAF10 ASV2 intron seq after exon 4 P P P N N N N TAF10 ASV3 intron seq. after exon 2 P P P N N N N TAF10 ASV4 intron after exon 2 and exon 4 N P P N N N N TAF15 TAF15 (S2/AS2) P P P P P P P TAF15 ASV1 exon 15 spliced out N N N P P P P SMARC SMARCA1 SMARCA1 (S3/AS2) P P P P P P P SMARCA1 ASV1 exon 13 is spliced out (fragment 219) N N P P P P P SMARCA2 SMARCA2 (S6/AS6) P P P P P P P SMARCA2 ASV1 deletion in ex 29 (fragment 834) N N N P P P P SMARCA4 SMARCA4 (S6/AS6) P P P P P P N SMARCA4 ASV1 exon 27 is out (fragment 950) P P P P P P P SMARCB1 SMARCB1 P P P P P P P SMARCB1 ASV1 Deletion in exon 2 (nt 355-378) P P P P P P P SMARCC2 SMARCC2 (S5/AS5) P P P P P P P SMARCC2 ASV1 nt 3255-3600 spliced in exon 27 P P P P P N N SMARCC2 ASV2 nt 3255-3531 spliced in exon 27 P P P P P N N SMARCC2 ASV3 extra ex. between 17 and 18 (fr. 1050) N N N N N P P SMARCD3 SMARCD3 N N N N N N N SMARCD3 ASV1 New ORF or short trunc (frag. 1400) P N P N N P P SMARCD3 ASV2 ex.s 3, 4, 5 out (frag. 1300) N N N P P N N NCOA NCOA2 NCOA2 (S2/AS2) P P P P P P P NCOA2 ASV1 ex 13 spliced out (fr. 1100) P P P P P P P NCOA4 NCOA4 (S1/AS2) P P P P P P P NCOA4 ASV1 exon 8 out (frag. 900) P P P P P P P NCOA6 NCOA6 (S2/AS2) P P P P P P P NCOA6 ASV1 deletion beginning of ex 8 (fr. 571) N N N N N P P NCOA7 NCOA7 (S1/AS1) P P P P P P P NCOA7 ASV1 exon 3 out (fr. 600) P P P P P P P

All references cited herein are expressly incorporated herein in their entirety by reference. All sequences referenced herein by Genbank accession numbers are incorporated herein in their entirety by reference. 

1. A method for diagnosing cancer, comprising determining the expression of at least one splice variant of each of a plurality of basal transcription factors, wherein expression of each of said basal transcription factor splice variants is distinguished from expression of its wildtype isoform, and wherein the expression pattern of said basal transcription factor splice variants is indicative of cancer.
 2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising determining the expression of a plurality of splice variants of at least one of said plurality of basal transcription factors, wherein expression of each of the basal transcription factor splice variants is distinguished from the expression of its counterpart wildtype isoform, and wherein the expression pattern of said basal transcription factor splice variants is indicative of cancer.
 3. A method for diagnosing cancer, comprising determining the expression of a plurality of splice variants of at least one basal transcription factor, wherein expression of each of said basal transcription factor splice variants is distinguished from expression of its counterpart wildtype isoform, and wherein the expression pattern of said basal transcription factor splice variants is indicative of cancer.
 4. The method according to claim 3, further comprising determining the expression of a plurality of splice variants of a plurality of basal transcription factors, wherein expression of each of said splice variants is distinguished from expression of the wildtype isoform of the corresponding transcription modulator, and wherein the expression pattern of said splice variants is indicative of cancer.
 5. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the expression pattern of said basal transcription factor splice variants is indicative of at least one cancer selected from the group consisting of lung cancer, gastrointestinal cancer, breast cancer, prostate cancer, skin cancer, sarcoma, endocrine cancer, neural cancer, bladder cancer, cervical cancer, renal cancer, and hematopoietic cancer.
 6. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein said basal transcription factor splice variants are derived from the group of gene families consisting of TAF, SMARC, HDAC, MED12, NCOA, GTF, THRAP, HMG, OGDL, BRF, and BAF.
 7. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the expression pattern of said splice variants is determined simultaneously.
 8. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein said determining the expression of at least one splice variant comprises determining the expression of at least one mRNA encoding said at least one splice variant.
 9. The method according to claim 8, wherein said determining the expression of at least one mRNA comprises the use of a nucleic acid array.
 10. The method according to claim 8, wherein said determining the expression of at least one mRNA comprises the use of RT-PCR.
 11. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein said determining the expression of at least one splice variant comprises determining the presence of an autoantibody in a sample, which autoantibody specifically binds to said at least one splice variant.
 12. The method according to claim 11, wherein said determining the presence of an autoantibody comprises the use of a peptide that specifically binds to said autoantibody.
 13. The method according to claim 12, further comprising the use of a peptide array.
 14. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, further comprising determining the expression of at least one splice variant of at least one non-basal transcription factor, wherein expression of each of the non-basal transcription factor splice variants is distinguished from the expression of its counterpart wildtype isoform, and wherein the expression of said non-basal transcription factor splice variants is indicative of cancer.
 15. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, further comprising determining the expression of at least one splice variant of at least one non-transcription modulator, wherein expression of each of the non-transcription-modulator splice variants is distinguished from the expression of its counterpart wildtype isoform, and wherein the expression of said non-transcription modulator splice variants is indicative of cancer.
 16. A method for the treatment of cancer, comprising administering to said patient a bioactive agent capable of inhibiting the activity of basal transcription factor splice variant; wherein expression of said basal transcription factor splice variant is distinguished from expression of its counterpart wildtype isoform, and wherein the expression of said basal transcription factor splice variant is indicative of cancer.
 17. The method according to claim 16, wherein said basal transcription factor splice variant is derived from the group of gene families consisting of TAF, SMARC, HDAC, MED12, NCOA, GTF, THRAP, HMG, OGDL, BRF, and BAF.
 18. The method according to claim 16 or 17, wherein said bioactive agent is a small interfering RNA.
 19. The method according to claim 16 or 17, wherein said bioactive agent is an antisense nucleic acid.
 20. The method according to claim 16 or 17, wherein said bioactive agent is a decoy oligonucleotide which is capable of binding to said at least one splice variant of a basal transcription factor.
 21. The method according to claim 16 or 17, wherein said bioactive active agent directly targets one or more of said basal transcription factor splice variants and is selective for said one or more basal transcription factor splice variants over their counterpart wildtype isoforms.
 22. A nucleic acid encoding a basal transcription factor splice variant, comprising a nucleotide sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID No: yy to zz.
 23. A basal transcription factor splice variant, comprising an amino acid sequence encoded by a nucleic acid according to claim
 22. 24. A nucleic acid encoding a partial amino acid sequence of a basal transcription factor splice variant, comprising a nucleotide sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID No: 1 to xx.
 25. An antibody that specifically binds to a partial amino acid sequence of a basal transcription factor according to claim 24, wherein said antibody does not specifically bind to the wildtype isoform of the counterpart basal transcription factor.
 26. A diagnostic array for detecting cancer, comprising at least a first peptide capable of binding with an autoantibody that recognizes a splice variant of a first basal transcription factor and a second peptide capable of binding with an autoantibody that recognizes a splice variant of a second basal transcription factor; wherein said first and second peptides do not specifically bind to autoantibodies that recognize the wildtype isoforms of said first and second basal transcription factors.
 27. A diagnostic array for detecting cancer, comprising at least a first peptide capable of binding with an autoantibody that recognizes a first splice variant of a basal transcription factor and a second peptide capable of binding with an autoantibody that recognizes a second splice variant of said basal transcription factor; wherein said first and second peptides do not specifically bind to autoantibodies that recognize the wildtype isoform of said basal transcription factor.
 28. The array according to claim 26 or 27, wherein said peptides are non-diffusably bound to a solid support. 